| 单词 | heartbeat |
| 例句 | Piper and Annabeth scrambled behind the chained statue of Ares, which still pulsed with a metallic heartbeat: thump, thump, thump. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Her heartbeat? You heard her heartbeat? You sure?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z My brain scrambled for a hip-wiggling rhythm to force my heartbeat racing into joy. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z For half a heartbeat he thought he glimpsed Illyrio Mopatis, but it was only one of those white dwarf elephants passing the front door. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There’s a heartbeat of silence followed by the whoosh of an empty Coke bottle flying at my head. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Velia asked when we finally stopped at the base of the hill to catch our breath and slow our galloping heartbeats. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Little by little Lyra recovered her breath, her balance, and her heartbeat. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z No sign of any kind of life or knowledge except the breathing and the heartbeat. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z My heartbeat quickened as one of the men stopped and doubled back toward us. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z That alone would have stopped my father's heartbeat. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z After a few minutes, Jessie almost felt as if she could hear the brownstone’s heartbeat. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “She seems fine. Breathing okay, normal heartbeat. Though it’s a bit slow. Your guess is as good as mine, but I’d say she’s in a coma. Jeff, let’s take her to the Homestead.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z They stood for a few heartbeats silent, and Gareth, in a pain of recognition, saw him as he was. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, this ain’t right,” the Duchess finally says after a few heartbeats. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “It was made from the skipped heartbeats of every person who had ever laid eyes on me. It took centuries to sew! Subala knew that!” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z And although Scythe Chomsky had painfully popped his dislocated shoulder back into place at the end of his beating, it still ached with each heartbeat. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Silas slowed for a heartbeat, then leapt to the fence to gain access to the roof and his furry meal. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For a heartbeat Dany thought she saw a flash of anger in those placid eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After a few minutes, my head feels cooler and my heartbeat slows. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat there for a moment in silence, both listening to my heartbeat slow. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z From beyond her heartbeat he heard her voice. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I have tried not to think of that moment, when I thought he was lost to me and that I would soon be dead, when all I wanted was to feel his heartbeat. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Under her fingertips, his heartbeat was slow and stuttering. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z For a heartbeat, she saw the king with stark clarity. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Could it be a girl’s heartbeat—pounding too hard? Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z A thrumming heartbeat of danger wrapped in a muscular green. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I’m clogged with the memory of Mary’s heartbeat and the knocking on the door. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The bombs were falling still, thudding like an irregular heartbeat. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z My heartbeat quickens as I dial into my voice mail, bracing myself for the worst. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z My heartbeat lives in my throat; lives in my cheeks. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I’m suddenly hyperaware of my breathing and the rapid thud of my heartbeat. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z There was something so defeated, so bitter, underlying the captain’s words that Dorian, for a heartbeat, felt badly. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z For three long heartbeats Quentyn was afraid that something had gone amiss, that somehow Pretty Mens and the Tattered Prince had gotten the word wrong. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “My apologies,” Marco says, his heartbeat pounding so loudly in his ears that he can barely hear her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z My heartbeat quickened as I looked up to find myself surrounded by a group of teens. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z His own heartbeat is probably falling out of rhythm too. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Time passed in heartbeats, and at last he held out his great hand. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Her nobleman husband lies sleeping in a nearby room, his head on his arm, as if listening to his heartbeat. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Alarm coursed through her as her head spun, sending her into absolute darkness for a moment, but her heartbeat steadied as her eyes adjusted. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The whole thing was kinda absurd, and my heartbeat started getting back to normal. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “He’s cramping, I think —” I started to say, before Patrice raised his hand to shush me as he listened for the heartbeat. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Her heartbeat only settled after the hasira leaf’s power took effect and the lurid yellow glow in his eyes slightly dimmed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z All I could hear was my own heartbeat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z My heartbeat picks up, and I'm more freaked out than I ought to be. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But the answer would already be in my heartbeat. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was an odd sensation, having someone control my heartbeat with his eyes. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Her ears rang with the sound of Shae’s and Kaede’s breathing in that small room, and beneath it, the flutter of her heartbeat seemed as loud as a drum. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Now the final ingredient: the heartbeat of the chained god - chaos, violence and fear of mortality.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In a heartbeat, a thousand voices took up the chant. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The wordless words of the rosary continued like the heartbeats of birds. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A grown man can also be energized by hunger, and any weakness in his knees or irregularity in his heartbeat will disappear if he thinks his hunger is about to be assuaged. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Six heartbeats later came the thunder, like a distant drum. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I could feel my heartbeat pulsing in my neck. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He nodded, trying to get his heartbeat back under control, tried to put the tiger back in its cage. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Deep inside is the oldest part, the brainstem, which conducts the basic biological functions, including the rhythms of life—heartbeat and respiration. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The deck was moving under him, and for half a heartbeat he was so confused he thought he was back on the Shy Maid. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Watching all the breaths, heartbeats, and hopes of Matthew and Claire Fox? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z ‘Listen to the heartbeat of Gaia,’ Piper urged. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z When the doors were shut, the coolness of the air-conditioned limo was a relief but the stillness and silence made it possible for me to imagine I could hear Bodega’s heartbeat. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I touch my chest to feel my heartbeat. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z In a heartbeat she made her way to the farthest corner of the attic. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I hear but do not hear my heartbeat. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Then, as the reverberation of my own heartbeat stopped hammering loudly against my eardrums, I heard her. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He even insured the girl’s life, since children after all were such fragile things and could be taken from the world in a heartbeat. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I hear her breath above me, her heartbeat against mine. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s so quiet, I swear I can hear my own heartbeat. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I feel my heartbeat in my face, like my heart has detached from its moorings in my chest and begun to migrate to my brain. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Now Zeitoun knew the rhythmic ticking of the nurse’s cart like his own heartbeat. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Her heartbeat stuttered in her chest as she stopped before it, uncertain. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He kissed me and I felt actual euphoria, like all my senses had merged and I was reduced to breaths and heartbeats and repeating integers. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He listened for her heartbeat and could hear nothing over the thumping of his own. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He carefully measured his breathing and his heartbeat and found them to be the same—exactly—as they had been since he’d started to keep track of them. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z The confusion in his eyes was gone in half a heartbeat, but not before Tyrion grasped what it meant. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She chewed on her bottom lip, quiet for a heartbeat, before she asked: “Did Chaol give the order to kill Sven?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I stand for a moment in my triumph, the sound of rushing water combining with the heartbeat in my ears. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I feel myself starting to calm down, heartbeat dialing back to normal. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z At Gray’s pain scream, Pax’s guard hairs lifted and his heartbeat quickened. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The sight of that boy burst the temporary bubble of calm in a heartbeat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z My pounding heartbeat stamps out the noise of our footsteps and the hiss of the dungeon-lanterns. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Music can affect our heartbeat, blood pressure, and pulse rate, and reduce stress, anxiety and even depression. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He doubled back to Hillegass, heartbeat pounding out the words of his puzzlement: What do they want from me? The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z For half a heartbeat the rimes graven on the gold bands seemed to shimmer in the air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After a heartbeat’s pause, they all ran at Ivan, shouting his name. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She might not have machines to read Tally’s voice and heartbeat and sweat, but her own perceptions were alert. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He had been down the lonely road to those games, where the heartbeat had resonated more spectacularly than in the healthiest newborn. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I was more aware of the forward lurch of the car than I was of my own heartbeat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z ‘I do hope Dad comes through this war all right. Zeus can be . . . quite unreasonable. Now, the only missing ingredient is the heartbeat of the chained god.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I feel my own heartbeat in my chest, my own weak lungs trying to fill with air from my mad dash through the hospital. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I reach out and rest my hand on his chest so I can feel his heartbeat. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The guests laughed, but it was a joyless laughter, the sort of laughter that can turn into sobbing in half a heartbeat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z For half a heartbeat Dany thought that he was hunting her, but he flew on without taking any notice of her and vanished somewhere in the east. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z An Irukandji sting results in excruciating headache and body pain, vomiting, sweating, anxiety, dangerously fast heartbeat, brain hemorrhage, and fluid in the lungs. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z So instead of risking her life and making major money as a mercenary, she slowed heartbeats, eased breathing, relaxed muscles. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Koffi's breathing was still shallow, and he found his own heartbeat had synchronized with hers. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z But I know that silence is full of breath and heartbeats. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I guess I’d come to understand that the world could change in a heartbeat. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z You move through everything, and your heartbeat becomes a pulse of all things alive, all at once, and the silence between each beat is the stillness of things that exist, but do not live. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The room must be reading her heartbeat, her sweat, her pupil dilation. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I shift, swinging a leg over him so I sit on top of him, and with my heartbeat in my throat, I kiss him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She thought she heard her own heartbeat echoing through the corridors, getting louder and louder the deeper they went. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I can feel his heartbeat against my shoulder, slow and steady and strong. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I am breathless, and I can feel my heartbeat even in my fingertips; I am overwhelmed, teeming with loss and wonder and anger and longing. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The whole chamber thrummed with energy, an echoing boom, boom, boom that reminded Hazel of a heartbeat. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Labor where your heartbeat dropped and the baby’s heartbeat dropped. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Annabeth and Percy remained motionless, but Hazel could sense their heartbeats getting stronger, their breath coming more evenly. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The buss tires thumped on the highway like a heartbeat. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z His quickened heartbeat when Kainene kissed him goodbye was an infidelity. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And she would shut all of this down, though, in a heartbeat. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She put her hands forward and moved quickly between the trees, trying to ignore her thundering heartbeat. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I feel my heartbeat everywhere, even in my toes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z In a heartbeat, her arms were around his middle, and she slammed into him so hard that the breath was knocked from her chest. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She screams for help, and I scream for her, and I don’t hear anything, I don’t feel anything, but my heartbeat, but my own terror. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I finally fall asleep listening to the rhythm of her heartbeat. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z My arm throbs like a second heartbeat from the bullet graze. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I felt his whisper in the echo of my heartbeat. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z His palms were pressed full against the mesarthium, and they throbbed with the rhythm of his heartbeats. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There was a heartbeat of silence between us, and Fela’s smile faded a bit. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But a fraction of a heartbeat later the expression had faded and she gave Cook a wide grin. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “This was the hub of the mill, the heartbeat,” he said as we stood on a factory floor that was longer than two football fields. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I touch my chest to feel my heartbeat, to try to steady myself. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “You had a rapid heartbeat and tremors. You were pretty incoherent. I know it sounds awful, but it really wasn’t so bad.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z By the time we arrived at the large plaza and stopped in front of the towering gateway, my hands were shaking and my heartbeat was pounding in my ears. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Four men dead in as many heartbeats, and for what? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I opened my stride early to make up for lost time, and it wasn't long before I caught up to the pack, my beads clicking in time with my heartbeat. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z My body felt hollow, like my sluggish heartbeat was bouncing and echoing through my vacant, aching limbs. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z For a heartbeat it hung on the air, then a sharp gust of wind and rain blew it out into nothing at all. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z His heartbeat slowed as he watched, trying to pay more attention than he ever had in his life. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She was with him again, a heartbeat unbroken where time subsided into dawn, and the sunset gave way to the stars, wheeling across the night. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Then I stand there, waiting, feeling my heartbeat slow a lit- tie. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t just sit here, watching the trains, I’m too jittery, my heartbeat feels like a flutter in my chest, like a bird trying to get out of a cage. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She arranged herself on the bench, her head pulsing in agony with every heartbeat. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She scales the cellar steps and holds her breath and hears nothing for thirty heartbeats. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He walked over to the star and stared into her eyes for several heartbeats. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z For half a heartbeat Bran thought maybe a root had gotten tangled round his ankle ... until the root moved. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Even the moment stopped for the space of a heartbeat. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Fair Velos with its palaces of cedar and pink marble had vanished in a heartbeat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In my mind I bolted, I ran a thousand miles in a single heartbeat. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Nor would you know that inches below your feet, frogs are sleeping, their heartbeats down to once or twice per minute. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The whole thing was meant to breathe, like everything we did was part of a larger heartbeat. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He listens but can’t hear her breathe, so he puts his head to her chest, listening for a heartbeat. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z All this in a dozen heartbeats that pushed against the collar of my flannel button-up. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He’s frowning down at the Bundt and listening for a heartbeat. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Every heartbeat felt like a hammer striking his body. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z For reasons Jutta does not fully understand, her heartbeat begins to thud in her ears. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He learned, while breathing in, to quiet his heartbeat, learned to lessen his heartbeats, until there were few and hardly any more. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Within a few heartbeats, the gates groaned shut behind them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “I know so much about you now. From listening to your heartbeats,” he said with mock sweetness. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There wasn’t enough blood left to maintain circulation, so his heartbeat was very sluggish, and his blood pressure was dropping toward zero. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had lived the short happy life for no longer than a heartbeat. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hand moves to the patch of hair at the center of my chest, then to my heartbeat. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z His head throbbed like it had its own heartbeat. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z It all seemed to happen in a heartbeat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I could feel my heartbeat in my throat, in my temple. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I hardly heard her; that theme song synced up with my pounding heartbeat. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Nothing from Box Boy, of course, but my heartbeat doesn’t know that. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z His face is uncomfortably close to mine and I can feel a heartbeat. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z For a heartbeat, she considered killing him right there, so he couldn’t tell anyone what he knew—about her, about her parents, about the Wyrdmarks and their power. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z His heartbeat slowed, and the words to the Water Monster’s lullaby appeared in his mind. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Inside the womb, the baby hears the mother’s heartbeat, the rushing sound of amniotic fluid and the mother’s voice. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Scoob steps right up to the chair, his heartbeat thundering in his ears like an angry storm. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z I listen to his heartbeat and, after a while, find a way to let the rhythm calm me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to hear their heartbeats, and I wanted them to hear mine. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z My heartbeat and the sound of my breathing and an itch on my elbow. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Marie says the basic requirement for employment these days is a heartbeat, which is why she doesn’t fire him. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He presses floor one, and my heartbeat speeds even more. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Four or five or six or a million heartbeats roll by. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She could disarm two of these guards in a heartbeat. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I pretend the pounding is a heartbeat, a drumbeat. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z For but a heartbeat he felt most peculiar, as if thick, black treacle were running through his veins in place of blood; then the shape of the world changed. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Jaime leaned over the body looking for some imperceptible heartbeat, but there was none. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I loved his soft, warm fur and the feel of his heartbeat against my cheek when I hugged him. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He doesn’t sound so angry any longer, and my heartbeat slows a little. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Long after I had left the Wild West Show behind me, I could still feel the vibrations of those explosions, a thrum as steady as a second heartbeat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z About eight weeks later, I heard a sound that erased all traces of resentment: a swishing, watery heartbeat picked up on ultrasound, emanating from the warm cave of my body. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A heartbeat, two, four, and sud-denly it was as if she and her protectors were alone in the wood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In a dozen heartbeats they were past the Dothraki, as he galloped far below. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Cas wiped the tears from her cheeks and sat there for several heartbeats as the hope she’d felt faded, leaving the familiar hollowness of disappointment behind. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Ekon looked over his shoulder, trying to make his heartbeat steady again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The blood pulsed thickly with her heartbeat; the glass, stained with red, glittered wickedly in the sun. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I have a flashback to the last time I went snooping where I didn’t belong, and for a heartbeat I wonder if maybe I should’ve learned my lesson. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z There was no noise except for the whoosh of my breathing and the rushing of my own heartbeat. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z A heartbeat later, and he wrenched open the door to Doc’s cabin. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It was dark inside, with just a few black lights and glow sticks strung up around the place, and Rishi found his heartbeat quickening just a bit. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z For a heartbeat, Scarlett thought that her mother was going to strike Mr. Frost, who just looked worried. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The flies scattered for a heartbeat, and then circled back to settle on him where he lay. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Those bursts of white fire from the guns, those red circles where shells landed, looked like exotic blossoms, flowers that bloomed, then faded in less than a heartbeat. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z A heartbeat of stillness was followed by a scuffle and a flurry of pattering feet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “They are exactly opposite in effect. Atropine speeds the nervous system, rapid heartbeat and so forth. Amatoxins slow it down.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It took a few heartbeats—several pulse-pounding heartbeats—before my eyes adjusted to the gloom. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Sometimes her hand goes to her chest as if she is making sure she has a heartbeat. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The heartbeat of Gaia echoed through the floor. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z There he lay spent and shivering, his body bruised, his cold skull throbbing in rhythm with his heartbeat. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He nods like he gets it, says, “It’s like a hand at your throat all the time, isn’t it? Nothing’s inevitable anymore. Not the next heartbeat, not anything.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z For a few heartbeats I believe my mouth falls open. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z The facts: Our heartbeat falls into sync with a song’s rhythm. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z For half a heartbeat he was not certain they would obey. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In one heartbeat, I'm pressing my back against the closed door and wondering if I've just made another mistake. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I thread my hands into his hair and kiss him without thinking, and The Sims’ music and chatter fades into the background, not nearly as loud as the thud of Ben’s heartbeat. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z She remembered the cave in Resurrection Bay where she’d worked to raise Alcyoneus—the oppressive sense of malice and the constant boom, boom, boom, like Gaea’s heartbeat. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Then Mother felt a tiny heartbeat—actually she saw his heart beating through a thin film of skin. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I heard you might be a good influence on him. That’s why I took you in; but if you start trouble, I’ll call Miles in a heartbeat.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The heat from the small fire expanded and retracted with the tempo of a heartbeat. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Ophie gasped and recoiled, but a few heartbeats later, the ghost disappeared and immediately reappeared right where she’d been, laughing and chatting in the seat at the head of the table. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z First things first: I didn’t believe it for a heartbeat. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z He slid a suspicious eye in my direction, and for half a heartbeat I was afraid he knew exactly what had just happened. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z And in that heartbeat of a moment between the thought and the spoken word, it struck Cara that Mr. Larson didn’t have to be doing or saying any of this. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Her heartbeat, so frantic a moment ago, is gone. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The words seemed to echo in the room, and she heard her own heartbeat thudding in her chest. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She had a rapt audience as she pressed her ear to Grace’s hot pink T-shirt, listening for a heartbeat that wasn’t there. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z My lip throbs in time to my heartbeat. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Queer as it seemed, men who would cheerfully face battle and risk death to rescue a companion would abandon that same companion in a heartbeat if he were known to have greyscale. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You know what I look for in a female these days? A heartbeat and a full set of limbs.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I can hardly make out the shape, but I can almost feel its tiny heartbeat in my hands. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z For half a heartbeat the night came alive with a thousand smells, and Jon Snow heard the crackle of the crust breaking on a patch of old snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They watched the harpies cautiously, but for all that, the lure of the warm flesh and blood, those strong heartbeats, was too much to resist. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It was the first call, and by instinct they both crouched motionless, counting four heartbeats until the second followed. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I was excited and heartsick, all at once, and I almost didn’t hear the quiet ticking underneath the sound of my own heartbeat, but Twig did. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z In the other, a teenager had come in with no heartbeat. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The heartbeat was weak, the breathing irregular, but Abraham Lincoln was still alive. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Jay and I looked at each other, but didn’t say anything for a few heartbeats. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Slowly, my pounding heartbeat returned to a calmer rhythm and the nausea receded. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It gave her house the foreign air she liked to affect, for she was the core, the very heartbeat, of the city’s literary world. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I know she would in a heartbeat, but I would never ask her to help with this. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Somehow they were both still alive, at least for one more second, one more heartbeat. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z She slid her arms under mine and rested her cheek against my chest like she was listening to my heartbeat. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The way he says it opens a space in me, like a skipped heartbeat. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z It’s so quiet I can practically hear the thump of my heartbeat inside my chest. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I nod, because the feel of his heartbeat is doing funny things to my vocal cords. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The sound of his heartbeats seemed to fill his head. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z For a heartbeat it seemed as if a mischievous boy was peering out from inside the cheesemonger’s bloated flesh. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the distance, Annabeth heard shrieks, screams, and a persistent boom, boom, boom that was too fast to be the heartbeat in the ground—more like something large and heavy, running at full speed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A swarm of angry voles.It took Kaz a few quick heartbeats to pick the lock. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The strange heartbeat of time when the nine kids on the shore peered into the boat. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z My heartbeat quickened, my stress levels surpassing total destruction on the Richter scale. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z His quiet voice pulses around me like a second heartbeat. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I felt my heartbeat thump in my ears. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I could not hear that he was following me, but I could not be sure, because my ears were pounding with my own heartbeats. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I can feel her heartbeat, and have my arms wrapped around her waist. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I feel a million of their tiny pulses in the air, and in the moment their collective heartbeat finds my own, I also feel a distinct sense of connection to them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z On the bench I notice my heartbeat slowing, my muscles cooling, and I begin to feel a wonderful sense of having completed a task. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s this electric tingly feeling radiating through my whole body and my brain has gone fuzzy and I actually think I can hear my heartbeat. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “Where are you now?” screams Luke on the screen, and it’s my heartbeat that answers. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z But then I saw the tracks all decorated with colorful pennant banners and a motor revved, nearly matching the speed of my heartbeat. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Everything was quiet except for my heartbeat echoing in my eardrums. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I’ll be out of this place in a heartbeat—literally a heartbeat. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Kicking away the sweaty sheets, I drew in deep breaths, waiting for my heartbeat to return to normal. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I can feel my heartbeat in my throat, in my hands, behind my eyes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It rocked him to the rhythm of an ancient, fetal heartbeat. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It's just a man talking loudly on a cell phone, but my heartbeat takes a long time to recover. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A heartbeat later, the riders were on them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He listens to my heartbeat with a stethoscope. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My footsteps and heartbeat sounded like orchid, orchid, orchid. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The next morning, as predicted, his fever was lower, his breathing grew easier, and his heartbeat slowed down; still, that day he slept seven hours out of each eight. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Next to him is Eric, who taps his foot faster than my heartbeat. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z That was what caused me to wake up with a hundred-miles-an-hour heartbeat. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z That one feature you'd change in a heartbeat if you could. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “So fast that you cannot tell one heartbeat from the next.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z And all at once, it had become clear to Miss Mallory that the child’s heartbeat matched up precisely with her own. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Lightning flashed outside, making the arrow loops blaze blue and white for half a heartbeat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was by my side in two steps, and I was in a full panic in two heartbeats. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She could feel his heartbeat now as if it were beating in her own chest...and she realized she wanted to feel that a little longer. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Half-moon curve of the tuna’s tailfin is nothing but a blur, accelerating from zero to fifty in a heartbeat. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Her hand felt like a heartbeat wrapped within his own. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In a heartbeat, my worries shift from my glitch to the danger of losing the only moneymaking gig that I have. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Throughout it all, I cradled the heartbeat beneath me and prayed the pulse wouldn’t beat so hard that it tired and stopped, that I wouldn’t lose Otto, too. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The oil took the fire at once, the brush and dried grass a heartbeat later. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z An icy chill swept through Isihlangu, and nobody spoke for several heartbeats. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z My feet tried to catch up with my heartbeat. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She could hear her dad in the kitchen and her heartbeat everywhere. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I had never been so aware of my breath and my heartbeat, not to mention other assorted grumblings and gurglings. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “Besides, I don’t think I could put into words the shiver down my back or the tingle in my toes or the thunder of my heartbeat while we watched.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The way I feel about him is like a heartbeat—soft and persistent, underlying everything. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z When he straightened up, feeling stiff, the cat raced away, spitting, and he stood there for a long time among the empty houses, waiting for his heartbeat to slow. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I thought we were at a fairly high altitude most of the night, but it was hard to tell, one’s breathing, heartbeat, and energy-level being unreliable indicators, given the circumstances. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z When you skateboarded down the street at night you could hear everyone’s heartbeat, and they could hear yours, sort of like sonar. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z All he needed was a heartbeat for that one quick step and he was gone. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z So they took me inside in hopes that getting some food in me might alleviate the steady heartbeat I was feeling in between my temples. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z A heartbeat later, the police officer flies down the stairs, his feet barely landing on the steps. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He lay in his bunk, staring at the ceiling and trying to control his racing heartbeat. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Jay and I finally relaxed, sucking in deep breaths to get our heartbeats to slow down to normal. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Bronn was on him in a heartbeat, kicking what was left of his shattered rondel aside to expose the weak spot between arm and breastplate. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It’s like this heartbeat; it’s where the music is stitched together. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I am not sure, at first, whose heartbeat I’m hearing, because it’s far too loud to be my own. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z For a heartbeat she felt almost sorry for the Usurper. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My hands shake, and as I read, the world narrows to a pinprick of light, all sound fading away until only the roar of my heartbeat fills my ears. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z With every heartbeat comes a sharp longing to run. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I could hear my footsteps louder than my heartbeat. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Snow filled Bran’s mouth and nose as they rolled over, but in a half a heartbeat he was rolling up again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the heartbeat of silence that followed his shouts, Pilate laughed. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The never-ending rain pounded against the patio door, matching my rapid heartbeat. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “It’s not a single heartbeat that calls the storm. It’s the power of our voices joined together, demanding justice. It’s the thunder of our collective feet marching for our freedom.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z My heartbeat felt like it was pounding in my head. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Hamza would have no problem jumping to a decision: he would travel to Ankara in a heartbeat. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I dropped to my knees and disappeared into a burst of light, of life, of joy, a single breath, a lone heartbeat, one pure and fearless note. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “They don’t have heartbeats. The rats neither. You know that, doncha?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Jam froze with her hands tangled in a towel, her heartbeat spiking to a blur. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He lay there gasping, listening to his own heartbeat and staring at the sky. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z As they stood together, she began to hear the steady rhythm of his heartbeat, and her breathing slowed to match his, until she felt as though they were nearly one being. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd sat in shocked silence for two heartbeats, and then they jumped to their feet, roaring her name. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She placed her hands on his chest, trying to restore his heartbeat, but it was no good. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z His eyes fix on Werner’s for a heartbeat, a glance both warm and chilling. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A cloud of breath escaped her mouth every ten or twenty heartbeats. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z For half a heartbeat, Tyrion thought he glimpsed fear in the Hound's dark eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There was a heartbeat in those stands that dotted the Friday nights of Texas and Oklahoma and Ohio and Pennsylvania and Florida and all of America like a galaxy of stars, a giant, lurking heartbeat. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes! We will feign love to hide love. This is a paradox I will act with pleasure,” said Hamlet, leaning in to kiss my throat, where my heartbeat was visible. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She stood for a few heartbeats, feeling the wild blood surge in her neck, then went silently to the window— the silence of an accomplice. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She only succeeds in slowing Marco’s heartbeat enough that he falls deeply asleep. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Esme was at my side in half a heartbeat, swinging me up easily into her arms, and dashing up the stairs before I could gasp in shock. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The fox’s heartbeat climbed and the brushy hairs of his tail lifted. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He clutched and clutched, sometimes shivering and sometimes sweating, his panicky heartbeat beating its wings against my chest. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It throbs, the pain coming in staggering pulses, like a second, ragged heartbeat. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The New Smokies learned the nooks and crannies of the ruins as if they’d been born there, until they could disappear in a heartbeat. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Scoob stares at the ceiling, which seems lower than the previous night, his heartbeat chugging between his ears like a runaway train. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z “I’d trade it in a heartbeat for a night at a hotel with room service.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Will felt the handle jump three or four times with the dying heartbeats, and pulled it out before the cliff-ghast could twist it away in falling. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She held him like that, willing him to leach warmth from her, willing his body to learn from the rhythm of her heartbeat, the steadiness of her breath. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z She was connected to the heartbeats of every living creature in the Great Wood; everything wanted so fiercely to live, even the trees that seemed half dead. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The cicadas’ hum throbbed like a heartbeat on an ultrasound. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “The Bog, the Bog, the Bog,” he murmured, like a heartbeat. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She spent a good portion of the following day with sweaty palms and a racing heartbeat, and kept one eye fixed on the passing woods. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The man’s face crumpled in the span of a heartbeat. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z After several heartbeats came the sound of glass breaking and loud whoops. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Eventually, the physicians gave up their tinkering and simply monitored Lincoln’s heartbeat, temperature, and breathing. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The water amplifies my heartbeat so that the thumps are much louder. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The tick took of the clock was gone, and Hazel missed it like her own heartbeat. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Even though I can feel my rapid heartbeat at the base of my throat, I ignore it and focus my attention on the conversation. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Listening to my heartbeat, my mind wanders to Ma and Geak. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Half a heartbeat later, the door to his cell came swinging open. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It joined a group of bees, whose wings beat together like a million heartbeats. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z My heartbeat echoes through the room as I get dressed. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The two men halted at a heavy wooden door leading into the next room, hesitated for the space of a heartbeat, then Snape turned the bronze handle. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z That genome tells cells when to grow and divide and makes sure they do their jobs, whether that’s controlling your heartbeat or helping your brain understand the words on this page. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z For half a heartbeat it eluded him, and that frightened him so badly that he tripped on the steep dungeon steps and tore his breeches open on the stone, drawing blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I search his eyes, trying my best to steady my heartbeat. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Even imagining them looking at me that way quickens my heartbeat, makes me break out in a terrified sweat. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I put my hand over his left side, just behind his front leg, and counted the number of heartbeats in fifteen seconds. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “All my children are precious. I don’t favor one over the other. I would stay behind in a heartbeat to let them go if we didn’t have money for all of us.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Half the lords in the realm could not tell taxation from tyranny, and would bolt to the nearest usurper in a heartbeat if it would save them a clipped copper. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You were. The heartbeat of this world. If you concentrate, the sound can become so vivid you can almost see it.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The fear landscape will register my slowing heartbeat and my even breath and it will move on to the next obstacle. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z His heartbeat slowed—still racing and ready for takeoff, but no longer desperate to crash through his chest. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She heard only her heartbeat pounding against the silence. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There’s a pause, and the sound of my labored breath fills my ears, heartbeat keeping time to the seconds ticking by. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Isaac’s words jumped up his throat like heartbeats, each bookended with a pause then settling in the grass like blood coagulating. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z In the darkness to my right I see fireflies lighting up to a rhythm that is like a heartbeat. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z My head throbbed in time with my heartbeat as I knelt down in front of her, and for several agonizing seconds, it was all that I could hear. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Several heartbeats later, she bent down, pulled up a dry stalk of grass, and began to shred it with her fingers. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Proud of a man and his wife, proud of a cause and a heartbeat that was a metronome for us long before the crossover audience considered them worthy of praise. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She could get work in a heartbeat, and when she had a salary, we could move into a little apartment in town. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She moved a hand over Papa-Nnukwu’s chest, feverishly, searching for a heartbeat. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z They stopped the treadmill when my heartbeat got up to 180 beats per minute, which is pretty fast. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing exists but Ben’s hands on my back and his lips on my lips and my fingertips and his cheekbones and my thundering heartbeat. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Just before her eyes closed, she realized she could hear his heartbeat beneath her ear, as quick as her own. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In my fingertips I could feel his heartbeat. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z So he touched the pilot with the tips of his fingers, touched him on the chest and could feel nothing, no heartbeat, no rise and foil of breathing. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your father is speaking to us. To you. You are the heartbeat. Now make us the lightning.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I pressed my cheek against his, letting my hands wander until they found his steady heartbeat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She stands before me, and if running would have done me any good, I'd have been out the door in a heartbeat. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I watch the muscles in Tobias’s back expanding and contracting with each labored breath, and I don’t hear our footsteps; I hear only my heartbeat. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Ralph started to chew through the side of the pocket closest to the heartbeat. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “I am still the person who would have died rather than kill you,” I say, remembering the attack simulation and the feel of his heartbeat under my hand. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He felt his heartbeat increase as the fear started. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Fear collided with anger as her heartbeat quickened. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z His head turned, and his gaze lingered on the Domish prince for three long heartbeats. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But soon, what I thought was my heartbeat was a desperate knocking on the front shutter. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel his heartbeat against my cheek, as fast as my own. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Sometimes she would reach out along the length of that bond, and at the very end, she could just sense the quiver of the Queen’s heartbeat. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A heartbeat later another bush killed Quenton, driving an axe into the base of his skull. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Butler was after it in a heartbeat, pinning one shaggy foot beneath the mace spikes. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I shove my hands into my pockets and watch for a few minutes, then walk away again, trying to match my footsteps to my heartbeat, or to avoid the cracks between the tiles. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Hours had passed, yet it seemed only a heartbeat before Brienne was at the door. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z One wrong word, and this could turn to blood in half a heartbeat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As my heartbeat decreases and that knot that encloses my heart loosens, I think that maybe, just maybe, everything will be all right. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z With each step, she’d fallen into a cadence, a steady drumming rhythm that began in her feet and worked its way up her ribs until her heartbeat attuned to it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Otto marched into town square with his friends, his heartbeat thumping throughout his entire body. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Every thought I have condenses into that heartbeat, moving at the same rhythm. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Clamor and chaos slice my blood and heartbeat. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z My knees started trembling and my heartbeat grew faster and louder. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I feel relief pulsing through the air, like a heartbeat bringing life back into the room. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Each step brought him closer—made him bigger and taller—and her heartbeat thundered in her ears. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Her heartbeats churned within her, sending trills of panic coursing through her body, even though she knew she was safe. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I feel that heartbeat of reality, the idea of saying these things out loud to anyone else, and realize how outlandish this all is—how insane, how impossible. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Even with a bloody nose, Guzzo could drop me in a heartbeat. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I pause for a heartbeat, stunned that he actually fell, and then I hear Januka squealing, “Run!” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z ‘On to Sparta, then. But how does a chained god’s heartbeat help us find a cure for dying?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They blink half as fast as my heartbeat. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z In the distance ahead of them, Annabeth began to hear a throbbing sound, like her own heartbeat echoing back, amplified so powerfully, the floor vibrated underfoot. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In one heartbeat things would never be the same. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z And then, above his heartbeat, he managed, “What are we going to do?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z One sharp swipe and the girl’s own heartbeat would drive the blood from her body. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I crouched low, my breathing heavier, my heartbeat faster. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Someone shouted, “His heartbeat’s all over the place!” and someone else ran a needle into his arm. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was tall and broad, and he filled up the doorway for a heartbeat when he entered, his face splitting into a smile to see them. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z For a heartbeat it seemed as if the whole forest were holding its breath. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It wasn’t just about the number of heartbeats per minute, but about the personal connections. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Her heartbeat was light and fast as bird’s wings beating against a cage. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few heartbeats she reappeared, as though she was determined to stay until each and every last windowpane sparkled. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z It wasn’t real, Ekon knew that, but his heartbeat still quickened. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z My cheeks get hot again and mimic my heartbeat. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z As she spoke, the words uncoiling through her, she felt her heartbeat quickening. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I think through all of this in the few heartbeats between lining up my shot and pulling the trigger. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z My heartbeat feels as though it is in the base of my throat, uncomfortable and loud. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Within three heartbeats the whole pit was aflame. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But when the wires were fastened to her own neural connectors, and the probes reached into her heartbeat and instinct, that's when she opened her mouth. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Martin says that the King beating was precisely what one would expect when two parties—both with soaring heartbeats and predatory cardiovascular reactions—encounter each other after a chase. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z By the time she got to the park, everything was a pulsing red behind her eyes, each burst of color in perfect sync with her heartbeat. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He stood next to the trash cans for a minute longer than necessary, trying to get his heartbeat back under control. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The pounding in the distance was like my heartbeat after running. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I wait, one heartbeat, another, straining my ears for the telltale sounds of the shamblers until my pulse pounds in my ears. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He could feel Nipper’s heartbeat, putt-putting away behind the toothpick ribs like a tiny motor scooter. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Curly hair as pale as spun straw spilled over his shoulders, and eyes like icicles touched on the crowd of villagers for a heartbeat each. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z But Digger would turn all that good food down in a heartbeat for a pack of MRE rations. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He gave a snort and lowered his head, and for half a heartbeat Jon thought he was about to charge. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She could tell why, poor things; they missed the heavy solid warmth of their humans’ bodies; just as Pantalaimon would have done, they longed to press themselves against a heartbeat. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z There, like some fragile miracle, a pulse, a heartbeat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I could hear my heartbeat thudding in my ears, half in anticipation and half in dread. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z For a heartbeat, Hazel was just as stunned as the karpoi. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She had heard that dogs could smell fear, even detect changes in a human’s breathing and heartbeat. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I remember going through my fear landscape with her, our bodies pressed together in the wooden box that enclosed us, my palm against her chest, feeling her heartbeat. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z When Rhaegal roared, a gout of yellow flame turned darkness into day for half a heartbeat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then Elnora made me remove my clothing, and she examined all my limbs and fingered the heartbeat in my wrist. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z For half a heartbeat he was afraid he’d gotten it wrong. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I feel my heartbeat grow faster inside my chest. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z As the baby grew inside her, my mother let me listen to its heartbeat and feel it kicking against her, and I started looking forward to seeing this baby. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Half an hour passes and I nearly fall asleep, but when the time comes, my heartbeat devours the street. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z My heartbeat was fluttering, making me think of trapped butterflies, but did I even have a heartbeat right now? Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Her heartbeat hammered as the door to the jokomoto’s cage swung open and his head swiveled. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z His breath and heartbeat had long since returned to normal. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z But everything about him—his sense of command, a confidence that betrays how often he comes here, the fact that there is nothing, nothing I can read about him—makes my heartbeat quicken. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As I paddled on, my heartbeat boomed like a dull motor in my ears. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z If it had been anybody else but Peaches, I would have been down the stairs in a heartbeat, but I couldn’t leave her in no danger. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A knife jabbed my right kidney again and again, with my heartbeat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The pain was so bad he almost lost the girl, and for half a heartbeat he feared this was as far as he would go. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I also designed a set of wedding rings, where each one takes the pulse of the person wearing it and sends a signal to the other ring to flash red with each heartbeat. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes and let the sound of her voice wash over me, but the heartbeat of worry in my chest wouldn’t subside. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He checked Kazi from head to toe, listened to his heartbeat, measured his blood pressure. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I close my laptop and shut off my light, and lie there in the darkness, feeling every heartbeat in my chest, loud and resolute. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Wave after wave, changing her heartbeat to drum, morphing her singular voice to many, pulling every dream from her own marrow and into her song. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z It takes a couple of heartbeats to figure out what just happened. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z She thought the roar in her ears was her own dying heartbeat. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He shut out all distractions and heard his own heartbeat. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Despite being a lizard, the water monster had warm blood, and his heartbeat bumped against his forearms. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z She felt the dull thump of her mother’s heartbeat, the lightness of her mother’s breath on her hair, the gentle touch of her mother’s hands stroking down the length of her back. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I could feel my heartbeat in my ears. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z For half a heartbeat I almost threw my whole plan aside just to stay with her a little longer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My watch’s ticking was louder than my heartbeat. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When she heard no heartbeat, she cried out his name. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There are giant rented speakers blasting a song I don’t recognize, but it has the most perfect thudding bass, like a heartbeat. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z His heartbeat moved from his chest to his head, and yet the rustling was still there. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z They held their standoff for more heartbeats than felt advisable, then Scythe Curie turned her gun aside and fired out the front door. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The pressure increased, and I counted the quickening thud-thud-thud of my heartbeat. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Green dawns gave way to orange dusks in half a heartbeat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A great puzzlement was slowing Lyra’s heartbeat and making the room very still. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In the space of three heartbeats the little breeze became a howling gale. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z For several heartbeats she'd been terrified it would head toward her, but in the end it had gone off the opposite way into the woods. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z "If I ever catch you up there again, I'll have you out of this building in a heartbeat!" The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z At the last car, I waited, listening the way I’d been taught—wait till the clack of the train wheels slows to the rhythm of your heartbeat. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “It is not safe, you know—highwaymen will slice your throat in a heartbeat.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She puts on her stethoscope so that she can listen to my heartbeat. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And in that one heartbeat, she didn’t fear him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z His heartbeat thumped in his ears with every step. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The spirits didn’t speak to me of any troubles inside her, just the two heartbeats. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Her heartbeat thundered in her ears; panic rushed through her body. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z All I could hear was my own heartbeat and the sound of boots clicking on the stone. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My head throbs from the sudden loss of air, and I feel my heartbeat everywhere, everywhere. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “These animals can actually feel heartbeats in the room. You really don’t need to wiggle your fingers.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But when Dr. Barnes read the editorial, his eyes narrowed, and his heartbeat quickened. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Right as we cross the street, a gray BMW pulls up beside us, bass thumping inside like the car has a heartbeat. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z She manages to stay quiet for a dozen heartbeats. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Or it’s just my heartbeat, but it feels like the relentless churning of a living furnace. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z No sound but the ocean and my own heartbeat. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z In a heartbeat, he had bounced blows off the knight's temple, elbow, and throat, the wood ring-ing against the metal of helm, gauntlet, and gorget. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z From time to time Harry thought, or perhaps imagined, that he could feel the tiny heartbeat ticking irregularly alongside his own. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I’m just saying, if it was me, and I knew it would change things at our school, I would release the video in a heartbeat.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z His voice echoes in there, along with his heartbeat and the rhythm of air in his lungs. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The short one was already on the ground, kneeling beside the girl, feeling for her pulse and leaning over to listen to her heartbeat. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She stood still inside the tree for a few heartbeats, the Nightingale holding on to her wrist. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “So if you can calm your heartbeat down, it will move on to the next one. Remember? So try to forget that we’re here.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z In a few heartbeats, the gullies were suddenly filled with warriors. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Her hands trembled and her heartbeat quickened, for she was frightened, not so much of the wolves, who were shy and many harpoon-shots away, but because of her desperate predicament. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Beneath the dusty, bristly skin I felt her warmth, but no heartbeat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Right in the bright sunlight you could see the flashing dome going like crazy, pulsing like a heartbeat. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Or more to the point, the silence between the heartbeats. Summer Reading 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z It’s a real psychological condition known as “Stendhal Syndrome,” whereby individuals experience rapid heartbeat, dizziness, and even unconsciousness after witnessing overwhelming beauty. ‘Postcards From London’ Review: Small Town Boy Becomes Big City Escort 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z “The heartbeat of the bandstand” — those were the first words spoken in the concert, by Mr. Hancock. Critic’s Notebook: Jamison Ross Wins Thelonious Monk Contest 2012-09-24T22:05:15Z He dropped from first to last place in a heartbeat. 4 Ways to Help Your Kid Learn to Suck it Up 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z It's not only a bad look, but that can drain the energy out of you in a heartbeat. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Growing a beard saves time spend shaving, but it may boost your love life 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z The first sounds in the film are a heartbeat’s thump-thump-thump that grow ever fainter; and Zimmer proceeds with sounds mimicking gunfire and ticking machinery. TIME's Review of The Dark Knight Rises: To the Depths, To the Heights 2012-07-16T16:59:05Z I ran until I forgot I was ten, until my heartbeat was all I could remember of my name. A Letter to My Mother That She Will Never Read 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z Accustomed to decades of quietude, people are sitting ducks as the night begins to fill with the monsters that can kill or contaminate in a heartbeat. 6 things you should know about 'The City of Mirrors' 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z The ominous sound of doom emanates out of a heartbeat, distorted guitar, and film noir saxophone. In “The Crossing” Alejandro Escovedo has crafted a rock n roll immigration epic poem 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Her husband asserts the staff informed her “This is a Catholic country” and that “As long as there is a fetal heartbeat we can’t do anything.” Latest abortion hypocrisy: Saving women’s lives is apparently “controversial” 2014-01-02T16:14:00Z “Movies remind us of our common heartbeat,” he said. Hollywood Seeks to Slow Cultural Shift to TV 2012-10-28T21:41:05Z If she was, say, a breast cancer survivor and wanted me to meet her support group, I'd do that in a heartbeat. Perspective | Recovering alcoholic needs support, and she’s unwilling to give it 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z The death of a life partner may trigger an irregular heartbeat, itself potentially life-threatening, according to research into the risk of dying from a broken heart. You can die of a broken heart, study indicates 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z We thought of men as lustful creatures who would jump on top of anything with a hole and heartbeat. Asymmetric love, part two: I'm flying to see him, and he knows it 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z “Despite the incessant clashing and clanging,” Dargis also noted, “You can hear the tremulous pulse of a heartbeat.” What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Warcraft’ and ‘Friday’ 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z Dr. Keith J. Ruskin, an anesthesiology professor at Yale University School of Medicine, said doctors using tumescent anesthesia must avoid an overdose, which can lead to seizures and abnormal heartbeats. Skin Deep: Awake for Breast Implants? A Choice 2010-04-07T17:55:00Z Faster rhythms might scare us because they evoke a fight-or-flight heartbeat. Perspective | Is ‘Hereditary’ really the best horror movie in years? Sure sounds like it. 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z On Friday, he and Jennica, who is straight, had gone to get Pulse tattoos: Jagged lines traced the shape of a heartbeat, because the proceeds at the parlor that day benefited the club. Gay Orlando grapples with first Saturday after Pulse: ‘I feel like I have to be out’ 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z It wasn’t just showing off; she brought the racing pace of a lover’s heartbeat instantly to my mind; it seemed she was swept along uncontrollably in response. Review | ABT’s David Hallberg and Natalia Osipova give ‘Giselle’ a sensual charge 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z Respiratory function is controlled in the brain stem, the part of the brain that controls the basic things that keep us alive, like a heartbeat. 'You’ve had what we call a cosmic orgasm': the rise of conscious breathing 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z Ask awards consultants the two words they fear the most, and they'll tell you in a heartbeat: Oscar front-runner. Oscars 2015: 'Boyhood' undone by its outsized Oscar campaign 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z She repeatedly asked the actors to speak faster, to trust that the “heartbeat” of the iambic pentameter and the precision of the imagery, if articulated properly, will pull the audience along. A Voice Instructor for the Leads in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ 2013-09-12T16:20:05Z Staff at the fake clinic tell Autumn her fetus's heartbeat is "the most magical sound you will ever hear," while she quietly turns away from the ultrasound monitor, visibly uncomfortable and disturbed. From "Plan B" to "Grandma," 5 abortion road trip movies that reflect our frustrating reality 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z The midwife couldn’t find a heartbeat so she tried another machine, then she got a doctor who got a second doctor who confirmed there wasn’t one. Pushed to the limit: six birth stories from around the world 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z “Fly” sustains impossibly long-breathed vocal drones over a flickering heartbeat as Mimi Parker sings, “Leave my weary bones and fly” and the video suggests a mother’s death. The Playlist: Alessia Cara Grows Up, and 12 More New Songs 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z From 16 weeks, I felt her moving and Flynn learned to find her heartbeat with his ear. Experience: I had a free birth 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z Visitors have reported hearing their own heartbeat, the rushing sound of their blood flowing, their bones crunching as they turn their head. Sex in trees 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z Rick Eid, the executive producer and show runner of “FBI,” calls Sisto the heartbeat of the show and says he brings layers and complexity to the character, as well as humor and honesty. How Jeremy Sisto keeps the CBS drama ‘FBI’ moving briskly 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z He framed the sonogram that confirmed the baby’s heartbeat and put it on his desk, where it sits even now. “Am I dying?”: The miscarriage that leveled me, and brought us closer 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Were California ever to secede, this Inland Empire native would move back in a heartbeat. How California Turned Into a ‘State of Resistance’ 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z “His dad could have written that check in a heartbeat. But I think Jay would rather have let the deal go off the rails before going to his dad for anything other than emotional support.” You Don’t Know Much About Jay Penske. And He’s Fine With That. 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z The heartbeat he provides to that Celtics team. Q&A with ESPN’s Rachel Nichols: Life in the NBA bubble, taking on Floyd Mayweather and the time the Caps players defended her 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Central to his work is this ability to give electronic dance music a heartbeat.” Music: Nicolas Jaar, Electronic Musician and Student at Brown 2012-03-09T17:00:00Z At my first ultrasound, my spouse and I heard the heartbeat and received a tiny printout. I didn’t want to become a mom — until I did 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z There is a lovely moment when Hannah takes a newborn lamb from its cardboard box at the bottom of the Aga, feeling its "quick, shallow heartbeat under nubbly wool". The Secret Hen House Theatre by Helen Peters – review 2012-07-13T21:40:01Z There was a silent flash in the clouds far down the valley, but I felt a boom like thunder in my heartbeat. When the Light, Shadow and Stars Aligned: Standing Where Ansel Adams Stood 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z And I was left to ponder why we still care so much about the sexual misconduct of a politician who was not even a heartbeat away from the presidency. 2010-01-30T13:30:00Z All the time, they create a dreamy tidal rhythm in the water, like a fantastically slow, irregular heartbeat. Film critic Peter Bradshaw reviews the GB Olympics synchronised swimming team 2012-07-15T18:05:38Z “Pulse Tank,” the second part of the installation, uses visitors’ heartbeats to create rippling waves projected onto the walls in a light show. The human heart becomes a work of art in new exhibit 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z A Texas woman learned her fetus no longer had a heartbeat but was told that she was now required to wait for a confirmation ultrasound before she could be given any medical attention. Perspective | One month in, abortion bans are hell on Earth 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Open-throated male vocals say the words, and keys and guitars paint the picture, wailing and then restraining themselves over a bass/kick heartbeat. Friday Favorites: Stephanie, OC Notes, Toro Y Moi 2010-06-04T19:49:00Z This is the heartbeat of conservative comedy as Fox News and Trump have defined it, a vein dedicated to "owning the libs" and little else. The late night rise of "Gutfeld!" is telling us something. It isn't funny, but that doesn't matter 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z So far from symbolising rational progress, the turbines are Stonehenge-like monuments of weirdness, incessantly turning and throbbing – an uncanny, oppressive heartbeat. Wake Wood ? review 2011-03-24T15:00:01Z Daenerys’ constant need to flex her might is as built into her being as her heartbeat at this point, because she grew up swimming through those low expectations. A "Game of Thrones" shout out to the last ladies standing 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z We marveled over their gummy-bear profiles and listened to their galloping heartbeats. Our infertile years 2012-11-19T00:59:00Z And good job he did, because when he took my pulse he felt an irregular heartbeat and immediately packed us all off to the nearest hospital. Terry Pratchett: signing books was nearly the death of me 2012-11-24T08:00:53Z Realising these pulses were recapitulating the electrical activity of a normal heartbeat, Greatbatch immediately saw the potential of his device. From Viagra to Valium, the drugs that were discovered by accident 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Salt and Pepa will tell you in a heartbeat: They are literally best friends. Nostalgic for the ’90s? Salt-N-Pepa will take you back. 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z He puts bags on his head and he hitchhikes and he shuts himself in elevators and livestreams his own heartbeat. Which ridiculous art project should Shia LaBeouf do next? 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z A final emptying-out process leads to a coda dominated by the plucking of strings, the tapping of steel plates, and the dark heartbeat of timpani. The Otherworldly Minimalism of Jürg Frey 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z |
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