palpitate
Collocations
3VERB + PALPITATE
begins
PALPITATE + NOUN
excitement
PREP.
with
Definitions
verb
To beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart.
When he just looks at me, my heart begins to palpitate with excitement.
To cause to beat strongly or rapidly.
The allergy medicine palpitates my heart.
To shake tremulously
I was now so bruised, so batter'd, so spent with this over-match, that I could hardly stir, or raise myself, but lay palpitating
“Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest.[…]”
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3When he just looks at me, my heart begins to palpitate with excitement.
WiktionaryThe allergy medicine palpitates my heart.
WiktionaryI was now so bruised, so batter'd, so spent with this over-match, that I could hardly stir, or raise myself, but lay palpitating
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