| 单词 | pulse |
| 例句 | Cole’s pulse quickened as the island drifted into view. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The bass player was locked in there also, so every walking quarter note he played was pulsing in exact time with Brian’s left foot hi-hat clicks. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The instant I saw the picture my mouth fell open and my pulse began to race. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Dr. Leale placed his finger on the pulse in Lincoln’s wrist. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Blood was pulsing strongly from the stumps where his fingers had been, and his jeans and shoes were sodden already. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Around me, the music and lights and colors whirl and pulse. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I can feel my pulse pounding in my temples. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The parking lot pulses with students who mill around, catching up. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I sat by him and watched the throb of his pulse in the wrist of the marked arm. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z They were breathing too loud, and their pulses thumped in their ears, so Grandma’s response was hard to hear. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z That pain is pulsing behind my eye again. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She cannot hear anything beyond the rain outside and her own pulse discharging in her temples. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Maybe the music that constantly pulsed through his earbuds dulled the sound a bit. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Kneeling on the ground, Thomas found Alby’s neck, then searched for a pulse. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The city sparkled below, and the only sound was the steady rhythmic pulse of the clock’s machinery. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z “Her pulse is fast and strong,” he said. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Red starfish clustered on the rocks and the sea pulsed up and down against the barrier waiting to get in again. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Adrenaline pulsed through my veins as the realization of danger slowly sank in. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Tree-ear’s own heart was still pounding so hard that he could feel his pulse in his throat. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Broken ankle or no, every nerve in her body pulsed with fear, telling her to get away from the huge spider hovering over her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He tried to calm his pulse and was only marginally successful. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The blood in my veins was meant to keep pulse with the rhythm of these streets. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I exhale, shove all that out the door of my mind with a swift kick, take a deep breath of the wet pulsing air, and start looking for Guillermo Garcia’s studio. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z There was a vein pulsing in his temple like the one Harry had often admired in Uncle Vernon’s. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Pong turned to follow Father Cham’s gaze and saw a pulsing orange glow hovering on the northern horizon. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z My jaw was clenched, the muscles there seized as though the White Noise was still running through them like a current of pulsing electricity. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z His head felt as if he had a high fever, and his pulse was very fast. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Her ears buzzed, her pulse fluttered, her eyes darted from one face to another. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z A rabbit whose faint pulse could just be heard, magnified in the confined tunnel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Joaquin could still feel the pulse against his forearm, how good it had felt to scare Adam as badly as he had scared Grace. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She tried calming him, lowering his pulse, but she was afraid of stopping his heart. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The steady thrum of another person’s pulse against his. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The studio begins to pulse, to rock beneath my feet, to tip over. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z There was even a pulse under the fur, a slow and powerful beat that pressed against her flesh. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The drums beat more loudly, with a pulsing intensity. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She pressed a finger against the side of Granny’s throat to feel for her pulse, as the doctor had shown her. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Violet waited again, listening for footsteps, but all she heard was her own terrified pulse. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Emma said, her flame sending a little pulse of sparks skyward. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z There was little sound out in the middle of the river, except for Moch’s chanting, the rattle of oars in oarlocks, their own deep rhythmic breathing, and their pulses pounding in their ears. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Nina felt the guard’s pulse leap and sighed. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The transmitter accepts coded electronic pulse information—words or data—coming from copper wire out of your home telephone or office computer. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z But it’s too late to think about that now, already their feet are on the dusty-rose carpeting of the stairs; a heavy muted tread, pulse in the forehead. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She examined the baby one last time, feeling for pulse or breath. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Kaede followed, her pulse racing, and they pushed the deer ahead for some time, always moving in the direction that Pol and Raesa had gone in. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It might have been the dry pulse of the decaying house itself, after a while it whirred and cleared its throat and struck six times. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The background pulsing of the dishwashers, the squeal of announcements that no one hears—it is a vespiary, the Hornet haven. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “Fine. That works too. Girls think you have your finger on some hidden pulse of the universe. Like you’re misunderstood.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Faces brightened at the mention of an ymbryne’s name, a pulse of hope firing through us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Under his feet, the ground glistened a nauseating purple, pulsing with webs of veins. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It’s just that my heart and lungs and pulse don’t seem to realize this. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z 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 Supervising this entire phase of the operation was a medical officer with a flair for accounting who okayed pulses and checked the figures of the tally clerk. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Suddenly it was as though the whole air had come alive and were pulsing, pulsing with the indefatigable movement of blood. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z My pulse racing, I mix the flour and salt and oil and water to make the dough, kneading it with my hands like bread. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Like you could see his pulsing, humming heart through his skin. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z In my hand, I can almost feel the pulse of the heart card as it sits there and waits. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z On his shoulder, Small Bob the kitten purred almost as loudly as the pulsing heart of Tartarus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I watched it quiver, the blood pulsing through it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z All the while, the beat pulsed in her ears. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He pulled off his gloves and tried to find Kevin’s pulse. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I removed the CD and took Gran’s pulse. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z You wake up and you’ve immediately got a blood pressure gauge around your arm and somebody taking your pulse. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I try to ignore the veins in my feet pulsing in and out. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Winnie closed her eyes to shut out the silent pulsing of the lightning. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Off the beat is in between pulses, and the upbeat is exactly halfway between pulses. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The kitchen was so silent I could hear my pulse in my ears, pumping red-hot burning blood into my face. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Her pulse is full, quick, and tense,” he said, pushing up Mother’s sleeve. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To my surprise, the butterfly’s red wings start to pulse with light as they slowly open and close. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z For now, all Nina could do was monitor her pulse and breathing. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Each night when I see her my pulse quickens immeasurably, but she’s always gone quicker than she arrives. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z A pulsing beam of white energy shot out of my forearms, striking the Mechagodzilla in its chest and knocking it backward. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The beat pulses through me and I follow the lead of others, bopping my head and bouncing my shoulders. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z In Miami, the sounds of cars filled the air, but I couldn't get the pulse of the city. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “They’re fine. Not spectacular, but there are colleges who’ll take you just for having a pulse. But more importantly, you’re extremely smart. I wouldn’t hang out with you if you weren’t. Next.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The brownstone walls pulsed from the twinkling Christmas tree, making the walls look like they were breathing. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It felt like nothing in the world existed besides me and those words and the silent creatures pulsing all around me. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Do you think that’s why my nose is stuffed all the time and why I always feel so chilly? Take my pulse.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “We did have a pulse, Brady. There is no question you brought him back.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The nurse had set her tray of thermometers on my bed while she turned her back and took the pulse of the person who lay next to me, in Mrs. Tomolillo's place. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z By the time she arrived the headache was blinding, pulsing, driving out all thought. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She sat leaning forward in her chair with her hands on her knees, her mouth open and a pulse beating very fast in her temple. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He could see that she told the truth, for no blood warmed her skin, and there was no pulse beating in her throat. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The pulse in my knee grows faster, more persistent. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She climbed into my lap and tucked her sleek head under my chin, against my throat where she could hear my pulse and I could feel the small thunder in her chest. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z They walked outside, the air heavy and pulsing with all the things left unsaid. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I found him stretched out on one of the spectators’ benches, colorless, and his pulse scarcely perceptible. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A pulse of astonishment swept over the crowd. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthew picked up the entire can, turned it upside down and drained the juice violently, his adam’s apple straining and pulsing like a metronome. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I can hear the blood pulsing in my head. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I gasped out past the pulsing pain in my arm. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Each pulse is a beat, and the regular, predictable pulse of a piece of music is the beat. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Every idea seems to her connected to thousands of others by a tangle of pulsing nerves. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z His bones rattled in his body and his ears pulsed as if his heart had somehow jumped into them. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The bass of his brother’s music pulsing in his chest, Tad went back to his room and grabbed his gym bag. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Suppose I let him slip, or put my fingers on that throbbing pulse on the top of his head? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The overall effect sounds as if the drummer, formerly the guardian of the steady pulse, has been asked to improvise a solo from the first beat of the piece. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Sit, Fort,” Charles Wallace commanded, and Fortinbras dropped to his haunches in front of the boy, a low growl still pulsing in his dark throat. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z My pulse pounds in my ears, and I have no fear in this moment, only rage for everything Mazen has put me through. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The thought surprises me, accompanied as it is by a pulse of fierce desire. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Harry saw the edge of Snape’s sallow face turn a nasty brick color, the vein in his temple pulsing more rapidly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Hearing the sounds, the pulse of Claire, the world of my beginnings, the time when there was no doubt I had a soul. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Finally, the Waterworks’ pumping engines were sent into motion and once again water pulsed through the giant arteries to all locations of the city. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z I alone could hear the slow pulse of its job half done. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I close my eyes for a moment, focusing on the electric pulses. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The astrolabe was humming away, the crystal pulsing like a neon heart. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He fumbled for a pulse, felt for a heart beat, prayed for a stutter, or a limp, or a song of flowers. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z All around, the spirits hummed their harmonious spirituals and murmured quietly to one another, their glow pulsing in time with the shimmer growing in the dark waters. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z His face was ashen, his pulse was faint, and he had vomited and then fainted. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Cereals and pulses together thus provide many of the ingredients of a balanced diet. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The muscle along Diego’s jaw pulsed, and it was a while before he spoke again. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I couldn’t breathe and my pulse stopped in its tracks. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of emphasising the strong beats as the foot-tappingly predictable swing had done, bebop deliberately resisted, suspending the rigid reiteration of the regular pulse. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z There was a kind of heavy feeling in his body where he had watched his own pulse. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z My blood was racing, and I wished I could slow it, sensing that this must make everything so much more difficult — the thudding of my pulse in my veins. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She began to run then, forcing herself onward even though fear pulsed inside her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A pulsing jugular looped lazily down the length of her neck. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z And then Kino awakened, with the evil music pulsing in him, and he lay in the darkness with his ears alert. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, she was relieved to feel the familiar pulse of the splendor—not as powerful as before, but present. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Will leaned forward and put his hands against his sweating, pulsing forehead. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She leapt up into the night sky, surrounded by the pulsing lights of the shadows, and landed far outside of the tide’s reach. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Music was reverberating against the walls and ceilings, the bass pulsing in my eardrums. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The ding-dong was barely there against the pulse of music and the rush of blood in my ears. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z And he loved them then as he had always loved them, the feeling pulsing over him as strong as it had ever been. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The song went on, filling the air between us with its rapid pulse and relentless guitars. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I could feel my heartbeat pulsing in my neck. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Bodega quickly went over to Vidal, propped his head up, and looked for a pulse. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z As Silver observes, “Ten minutes without a pulse or sufficient blood oxygen levels is more than enough time to do severe neurological damage.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z My pulse raced as the crumbling theater came into view. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z A concentrated, pulsing mass of ships and avatars covered the ground and filled the air. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Magical and electrical pulses coursed via the Celestial bronze cables, and surged through the entire room. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Its catchy tune is in 4/4 time - that is, it has a steady marching pulse of four principal beats per bar - and it would be written or printed out thus. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Axel likes to imagine peeking underneath George’s white hair, underneath the flesh and bone, and into the pulsing brain of George M. Flores. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z When Mr. Kumar visited the zoo, it was to take the pulse of the universe, and his stethoscopic mind always confirmed to him that everything was in order, that everything was order. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She felt pulsing vibrations, like she was standing in front of a powerful stereo speaker during a song with lots of bass. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Remember, only one or two sounds should be played at a time, with a lots of silence in between, no harmony or melody or steady pulse should emerge. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He put his fingers on Derek’s wrist, but couldn’t find the pulse—but when he checked his own he couldn’t find that either. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z My pulse quickens as I make up an alibi. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The transmitter then processes and translates those digitized, electronically coded words or data into equivalently coded light pulses. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Good old anyone with a pulse and a willingness to go walking with me. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It took perhaps twenty minutes after the farmer informed Utah Power of the accident for them to switch off the deadly current pulsing through the lines. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I waded out through the pulsing, vibrating crowd. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When Reverend Jackson was at home, a different energy pulsed through the house. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z To any onlookers it would seem as though the pulsing blue beam emanated from thin air. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The background rhythm of the story still beat in the throne room like a pulse. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Zeitoun and Todd sat in their boat, the heat of the fire pulsing at them. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He felt the structure of the veins, the pulse of its misfortune, and felt the damp palm with a lifeline cut off at the base of the thumb by the claws of death. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z After the sirens fade, the strobe lights still pulse up the block. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He tried to ignore the way his pulse stuttered a bit at that. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The statue thrummed with a low metallic pulse. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z His pulse rises to sixty-four at five forty A.M. and hovers at sixty just a few moments later. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He sits in the topmost tiers of polymer, glass, and steel, dangling his pulsing legs, surveying at a distance the writhing life of the planet. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He clasped her wrist; blood was pulsing there. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z My knee is still pulsing, but it doesn’t hurt. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The green light from Eddie’s journal still pulsed in my pocket. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z In the poor light the space above her head was pulsing to the rhythm of his own heart. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z We ascended the stairs, my pulse quickening with anticipation, and he unlocked his door. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The train trundled west as darkness fell, police lights still pulsing against the St. Louis skyline behind us. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Unfortunately, the damage has already been done,” Abuelita said as she checked Pita’s pulse. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The orange-haired doctor returned, checked the pulse of the sleeping child, and sighed to the nurse. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Granddaddy took my wrist and felt my pulse. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I reached up and kissed him, my heart pulsing in every cell of my body. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I guess there’s still this quiet pulse of dread when I think about seeing Martin again. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The blisters had grown and pulsed in red painful flashes whenever the handle rubbed against them. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I feel my pulse behind my eyes as the three Dauntless soldiers who stayed behind pace up and down the rows of tables. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Before Kino and Juana and the other fishers had come to Kino’s brush house, the nerves of the town were pulsing and vibrating with the news—Kino had found the Pearl of the World. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z In Simon's right temple, a pulse began to beat on the brain. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The bell is the round part of the jellyfish that pulses like a heart—it’s the only part you can touch without getting stung. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Her eyes seemed friendly enough, and my pulse slowed its stutter. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Inside the jar, just below the edge of the label, Sophie could see the putting-to-sleep dream lying peacefully on the bottom, pulsing gently, sea-green like the other one, but perhaps a trifle larger. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He probably noticed my hatred for him pulsing around me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Every night when he waited for her near the Mud House door, his pulse revved faster, like a boat motor warming up. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z My pulse stopped: my heart stood still; my stretched arm was paralysed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z For one beat of his pulse the lame rabbit’s idea shone clearly before him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed most concerned with the color of my eyes and tongue, and the temper of my pulse. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A vein began to pulse at the base of my throat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Kaitlin was lying across two chemistry tables that had been pushed together, and a boy Cas didn’t know was quietly talking to her while checking her pulse. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The throb pulsed on, insistent, and he saw hundreds of black men and women beating drums with their fingers. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He did not know that trigger pulses were being sent through the air from across the Bonecruel Mountains. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I could see the blood vessels on the side of Mr. Pignati’s neck pulse as he raised his right hand to his face. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z I swallowed and swallowed but I couldn’t get rid of the pulsing lump in my throat. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Even though a rapid pulse equaled excitement, it was pretty clear by Gran’s expression that she was not happy. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He drops a hand onto Henry’s thigh, feeling the electrical pulse there, the smooth fabric over hard muscle. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I'd have a couple of glorious bruises, and my pulse was still fast and broken. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z My muscles ache, probably from being clenched for however long Jeanine left me with that serum pulsing through me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The prison guards grip their truncheons, pulsing pulsing pulsing. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I snapped the laptop shut and checked my own pulse. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The words rang out over the sweating congregation, and Beto’s pulse pounded in his ears. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I was covered in blood, could feel it pulsing down my face and onto my jersey, splattering my muddy legs. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Barb’s voice calls out, somewhere in the distance, “He’s not breathing! There’s no pulse. We have to move fast.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Not long before his departure, the doctor came and placed his familiar small dry hand on Briony’s forehead, fingered her pulse and was satisfied. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The jagged horizon was limned with a coronalike glow that flickered and pulsed before my eyes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z A pulse of jealousy surges through me, even though I try to reason with myself. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I can feel the heat of your fingers, which is the heat of your blood pulsing through your veins. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Something inside me repeats this like a mantra, like a drumbeat along with my heart and pulse and throbbing head. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He started to shake as his eyes burned, his head pulsed, his heart broke. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Behind them the river pulsed through the darkness, shimmering like wild silk. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z By nine o’clock in the morning, we were finally deep enough into Harrisonburg to find its pulse of life. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They emitted a slight, pulsing glow, a single, illuminated heart beating through each one. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z And just like that, she could barely remember the word at all—and was only aware of a pulsing sensation in her skull, like the ticking of a clock. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “That pardon is a dream that’s hard to hold on to. The memory of your pulse fading beneath my fingers is far easier to bring to mind.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There were only a couple of feet separating them now, and Kaede felt as if that space was pulsing with the beat of her heart. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As the last ten girls give their speeches, I feel my pulse race and think how good it feels to say what I believe with every molecule in my body, while hundreds of people listen. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As Table 7.1 summarizes, the domestication of local cereal / pulse combinations launched food production in many areas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Okay,” I said, and felt my pulse rising. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Though the drawing was done in black pencil, Roza’s smile blazed, her hair seemed to glow with dark, unearthly light, the hollow of her throat pulsed with a private invitation. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Each observer could use radar to say where and when an event took place by sending out a pulse of light or radio waves. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stop texting with my sister,” Maya said instead, her teeth gritted so tight that her jaw pulsed a little. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “If it means I get to melt that wight’s face off,” she said, little arcs of flame pulsing between her hands, “then absolutely.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She had had a taste of it lately, having been entrusted with taking a pulse and temperature under supervision and marking the readings on a chart. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He looked at her tongue, felt her pulse, asked her a few intimate questions, and then tapped his lower lip. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Even Holly’s beacon was a few shades below par, and that had a micro nuclear battery sending out the pulses. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z For a split second, the fog pulsed with red light. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z As each click, each pulse, each second pulled them closer to that point on the gears of Luna’s life when every hand pointed toward thirteen, Xan could feel herself thinning, shrinking, fading. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It oozes and flows toward a feeding crab, and as it comes close its yellow eyes burn and its body turns rosy with the pulsing color of anticipation and rage. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z My pulse accelerates to the beat of her unsteady heart rhythm and the slow chugging of her blood moving through her veins. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z On the side of her neck, her pulse was pounding. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Brian smiles a slow careful smile, but the vein in his neck’s pulsing furiously and it seems likely that whatever’s about to come out of his mouth next is going to get us killed. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “I mean, even for me. To put it Q-style, my pulse is a little elevated.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I didn’t know what the hell was going on and my own pulse jackhammered through me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It’s a different soundtrack here—a tide of pulse and beat. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “This house!” shrieked Uncle Vernon, the vein in his forehead starting to pulse. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Blood pressure, pulse, and temperature all seem OK. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 knelt beside her, laid his hand on her forehead, and felt her pulse. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z His thumb hovering over the pulse point in my wrist. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z A vein pulsed in her head the way it did when she had a headache. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Even from thirty feet away, Hazel could sense Annabeth’s life force waning, her pulse becoming thready. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z My throat gets thick and my pulse quickens. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z His finger and thumb closed on her pulse, as I thought instinctively and unconsciously, as she spoke:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I had been sensible of its pulses spreading throughout my arms, across my chest like the ramifying systems of artery or nerve. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It appeared as a jumble of cascading windows floating in front of me, displaying text, maps, photos, and audio and video files, all indexed, cross-referenced, and pulsing with life. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But many of the big seeds, notably those of the annual cereals and pulses, are edible by humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The wound in my shoulder throbs, but I hardly feel it through the pulse of adrenaline. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t have known it then, but these questions would come to dominate the next decade of our lives, pulsing like a drumbeat behind almost everything we did. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She smiled, and held out her own blue finger, and then they touched, and her blue finger was pushing against mine softly and my pulse failed to slow. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z American seconds tick on top of her pulse point. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Scofield flashed his light and for a second I saw the black man, his face gray with shock, watching the jetting pulsing of his blood spurting into the street. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She took a deep, trembling breath, trying to moderate the pulsing of her blood. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Every ulcer blossomed like a firework, deep red, yellow, green, and blue hues pulsing with Humbaba's cries. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I bend over Therese and examine her eyes and skin, feel her faint pulse. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Drs. Reyburn and Woodward measured Garfield's temperature, breathing rate, and pulse three times a day and took turns spending the night at the White House. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Finally, the pulse grew weak, the tongue turned a dry brown, and the victim became depressed, confused, and delirious. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The adinkra was two crossed swords with holes in the blades and handles, and it pulsed with dark light. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z One was clutching the Book to his chest, under his crossed arms, as if trying to press it into his ribs, until his lungs filled with letters and his heart became a pulsing paragraph. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z My pulse was racing like Mrs. B’s heart rate when I was testing my mood-music playlist. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The stone became warm; it pulsed like a tiny heart. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Blood pulsed from the rip in her arm. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In colors of rose and lavender and purple it moved and pulsed against the night, and the frost-sharpened stars shone through it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to be back on the spot to see what would happen, to be there with his fingers on the pulse of time. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z At the bottom left-hand corner he spotted Dada handing Abay a rose, and his pulse quickened. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The blood was not pulsing out any longer and there was something black and bubbly in her mouth. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Ropelike veins ran along his body, pulsing and green—but less pronounced than the day before. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z As she walked to the table, her cloth shoes making no sound on the cold stone floor, her pulse quickened with curiosity. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It felt rough like a tree trunk, but seemed to pulse with all that wild reptilian life. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Something panicky and feral pulsed underneath every word, every subtle movement. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The nightmare woke him up later that night, his sheets and T-shirt damp with sweat, his blood pulsing so hard through his skin that it felt like something was shaking him from the outside. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Under the ceiling light pairs move like twins bom with, if not for, the other, sharing a partner’s pulse like a second jugular. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad sort of laughed, and Timothy saw a pulse beating time in his cheek. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The pulse came swift and staccato, increasing gradually until I fairly danced between the nodes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 My eyes fall like a pine cone to the ground, my pulse thudding. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Worst of all was his head: a helmet of twisted rock and metal with no particular shape—just jagged spikes and pulsing patches of magma. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In spite of my brand, a pulse of panic grabs me. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “Burst my eyes in their sockets. Crush my heart in my chest. That door won’t unlock, and in the time it takes you to tamper with my pulse, I’ll press this button.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z On the night when he was sickest, when his pulse was almost gone and his breathing only a flutter, when I thought he was dying, I sat by his side and held his hand. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z On the parlour wall, Faber's house, with its sprinkler system pulsing in the night air. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z The information content of these pulses is negligible: a succession of simple numerical patterns coded into beeps. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The excited rhythm of Alberti’s “Fiesta” overwhelms the pulsing throb of my headache. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I had just denied my appeal and I could feel the steady pulse of my blood circulating inside me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Where the blade had been, up from the small slash in the fabric, blood pulsed in arterial spurts. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The Prime Minister’s pulse quickened at the very thought of these accusations, for they were neither fair nor true. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The bass pulses in my bones and I wish I could plug my ears. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I ran toward the fortress, my pulse pounding in my ears. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z For an instant the world recedes and there is just his flushed face, his pulse visible at his temple, his lips slightly parted as he tries to catch his breath. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z 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 There’s a flurry of feathers, the sweet smell of roses, and a beat pulsing through the ground as we march. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z My heart reacted; even though he couldn’t hear my thoughts, my pulse always gave me away. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I try to ignore the nervous electricity that pulses through me every second he touches me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Intense heat pulsed across his body as he ran; sweltering wind from the left, cooler air from the right. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z This time, as she wrapped herself in her old cloak and let herself out of the house, she knew what she was seeking, and it made her pulse quicken in anticipation. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart speeds up and I can feel the pulse of it against my ribs. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Ekon fell to his knees, his back arching as pain pulsed through him in agonizing waves, like a thousand knives pricking every inch of his skin at once. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z There, like some fragile miracle, a pulse, a heartbeat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The morning air pulsed with the noises of spring. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The brain that pulsed in a dull glass bell. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z His words don’t glide out of his mouth—they pulse. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I could hear his voice now in the crook of my neck, reverberating through my bones and the pounding pulse of my blood. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It’s too hard to sit still during the driving beat, the pulsing guitar. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The walls of the hallway pulse with the stillness. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He rarely feels the reality of knowledge, of other men’s thoughts and imaginings, on his own pulses... Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In the pulse of her blood and spirit was a cadence of panic. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Feeling that familiar pulsing annoyance behind his eyes, like an ever present headache when Ashish was around, Rishi pulled on a light sweater and stepped out from behind the closet door. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I was so close to him that I could have blown his head off without even aiming, but I decided to wait a few seconds for my pulse to quiet down. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Hearing the words, I felt the dull heat that pulsed whenever somebody made me remember. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our radio communicators went dead almost immediately. Probably an electromagnetic pulse device. But I’ll get us back to camp. Give me the Holo.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Western music is very melodically and harmonically oriented, with a continuous rhythmic pulse. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z It was a pulsing certainty, this knowledge, as sure and steady as the gears of a clock. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The blood had left my head, and all that was left there was a low, throbbing pulse. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z When he put his finger near the corner of her mouth he could feel a tiny pulse. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My forehead had developed its own giant pulse and it would not stop beating. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He looked up, eyes lit, as though he had not dared hope she would believe the same thing that he believed, and she felt between them the first pulse of a shared passion. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Green light pulsed quicker and quicker until it surged in a hot white flare that blinded everyone in the clearing. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “They’re acoustic tags. Acoustic tags use sonar. Each tag has a transmitter that sends sound pulses into the water,” Robin said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Her hostage’s carotid artery pulsed under the blade. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z You coil up and tighten your muscles and listen, knuckles hard, the pulse ticking in your head. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw her share of bare skin, too—brown, not blue—and watched the pulse of unprotected throats and tender, pale wrists. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But as I was freaking out that she might have been saying she’d seen me in the video, my pulse suddenly quickened because—oh, my God!—I’d been there with Paul before. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z That conclusion is clearest for the eastern United States, where less than a dozen crops were domesticated, including small-seeded grains but no large-seeded grains, pulses, fiber crops, or cultivated fruit or nut trees. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z With his hands on her shoulders, she could feel the pulsing of her blood within her as if it were rushing up to meet his skin, and the price did not seem so high. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And some days she was “poorly” He noted her cries, her coughs, the strength of her pulse, and how well she slept. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance off the starboard bow, a jumble of low, craggy peaks appeared, and my pulse quickened at the sight. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes and felt his hands on my temples where the pulses beat, gently stroking, soothing me in the only way he could. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Down the beach, Charlie lay sprawled in the pulsing tide, holding on to his right leg. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I heard Miss Kenton say softly behind me: 'His pulse is very weak.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She could feel her pulse quickening, her skin shrinking. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Nearby, a body swayed and her gut clenched, her pulse pounding in her ears and temples. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I was off-balance on my toes; the world swaying dangerously under me as his lips traveled to my cheek, to my jaw, to where my pulse throbbed in my neck. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Anger and humiliation beat inside Helmuth with a pulse all their own. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z It’s like being in a lunatic asylum and having another patient all dressed up as a doctor come over to you and start taking your pulse or something....It’s just awful. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z 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 First, I smiled to myself and felt elate; but this fierce pleasure subsided in me as fast as did the accelerated throb of my pulses. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Doctor Copeland felt his pulse hammering at his wrists and temples. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Surgeon General Barnes placed his finger on the pulse in Lincoln’s neck. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Moss felt a pulse of pain in the space behind his eyes and knew a headache was forming. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Sierra felt like her heart had snuck up to her brain so it could blast that pounding pulse directly into her eardrums. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The air changed, quivering the way it will when people are near, with chemicals, with pulsing heat, with human-ness. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Their energy pulsed through me in overwhelming waves as they moved their hands and bodies in excitement. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He has his large open hands on each side of the work, and he’s just staying like that, unmoving, as if he’s praying or listening for a pulse or totally out of his gourd. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Sanjeev noted that the symphony, now in its third movement, had reached a crescendo, for it pulsed with the telltale clashing of cymbals. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He is her world, her heart’s blood, her pulse, and if anything ever happened to him they might as well stick her in the lunatic asylum and throw away the key. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I like her speaking voice; it’s younger than I thought it would be, but then the song is pulsing, her pain right under every word like always, and something else, something stronger. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z But they shared a single pulsing heart, and so they could not be uncoupled. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z My pulse whacked a furious beat in my wrists and ears, I could almost feel my body bouncing as I sat there with my back against the tree. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Her whole body pulsed with the need to grab her things and be gone, grab her things and be gone. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The door shuts, and I'm the very last person on,which always quickens my pulse. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I could hear it almost in the pulse of the applause. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The bird is pulsing—its neck is sort of vibrating. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z At last he saw it lying in the grass near a black furry shape that seemed, as he approached, to be moving or pulsing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z After a few moments he reached for her wrist and felt her pulse fade to nothing, like the rumble of a receding train. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He sat him up a little more against Dadi, took his pulse, and shook him hard. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The building where Dray’s having his party is like a giant Petwo drum that pulses with a heavy rhythm. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z They pulsed with the same gentle light she’d seen in Coney Island as they glided with long, magnificent strides. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I tried to check the pulse of those who remained in the boat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The room pulsed with feeling, the feeling flowing with the music and the breeze from the curtains, feeling colored by the blue flowers painted in a border around the walls. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z A surge of energy pulsed out from the Governor and flowed into Pong's fingers. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She picked up the girls’ wrists to sound their pulses, which tell everything. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The pulse in my fingertips marks the passing seconds. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Nina slowed her own breathing, forced her pulse lower, trying to calm herself, but she could do nothing to mute the riot in her head. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He’s been checking her often, her pulse, her eyes, pinching her skin. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A bond bigger than any crown pulses through the five of us, and, for the first time since the start of this pageant, I know it’s me who has the upper hand. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Her warm breath grazes your ear and then there’s fury and fire and pleasure and pain, pulsing at Every. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I watch the vein in his neck pulse. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Touching her neck, he felt a weak pulse. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Not in a way to make me fear, but rather to tighten the muscles in the pit of my stomach and send my pulse hammering through my veins again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The feeling, a paradoxical mix of pulsing energy and profound peace, was intense and blissful. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Hazel fled down the stairs, her pulse racing. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Nick asked glumly, feeling for his mother’s pulse, and—perhaps all too quickly—finding it, strong as the pulse of an ox. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My pulse pounds, and I explode, “Come out! Face us, COWARD!” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Harry became aware of the locket against his skin; the thing inside it that sometimes ticked or beat had woken; he could feel it pulsing through the cold gold. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He leans in and checks her pulse by pressing two fingers to the inside of her wrist. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And what’s more, the something seemed to be pulsing—as though it contained intricate clockwork. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She takes my temperature, blood pressure, heart and pulse rates before declaring that I am simply lovesick. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But Culebra was in full swing when Sierra walked in, and instead of the usual laid-back El Mar scene, a sweaty mass of punks, teenyboppers, and hipsters pulsed and churned to the music. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “Like what?” asked Moss, and his pulse flared in his throat. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I search for a pulse, even the faint beat of her heart. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “No,” said Harry, as his scar pulsed like an open wound. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z First he’d watch me with one eye, then flick! and it would be the other one, his throat pumping faster than any pulse. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The fire was miles away to the north, a distant, pulsing red sky. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Self-sufficient as always, his last act was to feel his own pulse at the moment he expired. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z His heart pounded in his ears, blood pulsed in his fingertips. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z My pulse quickens, my hands get clammy, my body hums in anticipation. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z If your veins feel tighter or your pulse gets thicker somehow? The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Grace’s face felt too hot, her pulse too fast. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Petra, three houses away, followed the flashing lights on her ceiling, her thoughts falling into rhythm with the pulse of blue. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “The queen has been troubled with sleepless nights of late. She wakens and cannot return to sleep, and her pulse beats fast. The barley water with crushed poppy no longer brings her ease.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I examined it, strangely weightless in my hand, half expecting to feel it pulse with life. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Dogs barked; a couple of bats hunted moths around Harlan Betchel’s mercury vapor security lamp; the evening pulsed gently like a calm heart. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z After a period of time, usually less than thirty seconds, Squire would order the power turned off while he checked for a pulse. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She spends the next few minutes cleaning my teeth, alternating between pulses of water and dashes of a minty polish. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I vaguely remember Lara standing in the doorway, the room dark and the outside dark and everything mild and comfortable but sort of spinny, the world pulsing as if from a heavy bass beat. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Her avatar lost its human form and dissolved into a pulsing amorphous blob that changed its size and color in synch with the music. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She felt her pulse throbbing in her neck. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He had not moved at Fiver’s cry, but his breath was short and his pulse very quick. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1904, Bigheart sent a zealous young lawyer named John Palmer across the country “to keep his finger on the Washington pulse.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z "I'm a physician, may I take your pulse?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The sounds of a party pulse from behind him. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Warm silk bulges around both sides of my finger, pulsing under my touch. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Blood stung Archie’s cheeks and a pulse throbbed dangerously in his temple. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The pale figures pulsed faintly; she could imagine that they were nothing more than afterimages, like the glow left by a bright fight in your eyes, after the fights go out. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z I feel the rhythm in my walking, a regular pattern like subway station tile, like a pulse between my ears. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Above them, the spirits began pulsing gently as Sierra took a deep breath and closed her eyes. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I saw the little pulse beating on his forehead. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The stolen books in my bag feel like they’re pulsing with heat. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Even as I watched, a pinprick of light near the horizon erupted silently, pulsed with soft blue light, then spread outward. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Percy’s pulse was still in overdrive, but it wasn’t from fear of getting into trouble. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The pulse in my neck was about to break through the skin. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z It unknotted the muscles in my back, calmed my pulse. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Eleanor's lips were soft and warm, and he could feel her pulse in her cheek. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z You could bask there in tingly bubbles, your nose on a level with the icy river and only inches away from its swift currents that pulsed just beyond a thin wall of lavic rocks. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His gloved thumb moved over her pulse, traced the top of the feather tattoo. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z 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 The shrimp filled up the tanks in a pulsing, squirming mass. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She could feel the steady beating of her heart, the rhythmic pulsing of her blood through her veins, and beneath her the dense, solid earth. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My pulse isn’t the only part of my body stirring now. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The man in the white coat bent down and looked closely into Winston’s eyes, felt his pulse, laid an ear against his chest, tapped here and there; then he nodded to O’Brien. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry. It wasn’t those silent feet that gave you away. I can hear your pulse, your breathing.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It came down to hover over Billy, and to enclose him in a cylinder of pulsing purple light. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The stone in his pocket seems almost to pulse. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A fast-paced Indian song pulses as Bollywood actresses in crimson outfits twirl in perfect coordination in front of a stage decorated with yellow and red flowers. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z His jaw is tight, and there’s a vein pulsing in his neck. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z My head pulsed with shame and regret, and I couldn’t bear to meet his eyes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I felt my pulse quicken when I saw its subject line: Payback Time. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I can’t walk these hallways without remembering the days I spent as a prisoner here, barefoot, pain pulsing inside me every time I moved. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Her pulse slowed, her eyes grew bloodshot, her skin took on the pale-yellow color that gave the disease its name. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z And Kino’s own music was in his head, the music of the enemy, low and pulsing, nearly asleep. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there are very strange pulsing noises and squealing echoes that sound like a trumpet being tortured to death. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The light in the room pulsed, and her skin tingled. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z As the pulsing percussion increased in volume and tempo, it was accompanied by chanting in a wailing language. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z That, stirred with languid pulses of the oar, New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z Spikes were popping in and out of blub- bery skin; their bodies shuddered and pulsed. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z A pulse ticked in her neck, and she wondered if he could see that, too. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Sit, Fort,” Charles Wallace commanded, and Fortin-bras dropped to his haunches in front of the boy, a low growl still pulsing in his dark throat. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He's pulling me closer, holding me soft by the neck, and now I can feel the pulse in his hands. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z You’d watch a battle building, the dots multiplying—more joining the first as the pulsing light swept the screen. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z But pleasure was making my pulse beat; the blood, unbidden, came hot and surging to my face. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt the pulse in my head as my face heated up. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She felt her own pulse in her fingers. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I walk out the door, jog a half block down Clark, and then sit down on the curb and wait for my pulse to slow down. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Once they were out of view, Nina dropped their pulses, sending them into unconsciousness. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Part of the pulse is reflected back at the event and the observer measures the time at which he receives the echo. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z My mind wanders as the electrical pulses buzz and swirl along my skin, gently twitching the muscles around my knee. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Further encouragement for the existence of black holes came in 1967 with the discovery by a research student at Cambridge, Jocelyn Bell-Burnell, of objects in the sky that were emitting regular pulses of radio waves. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Not ten seconds after we choose our new leaders, something rings—one long pulse, two short ones. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He opened it, his temples pulsing with foreboding. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw the pack of Grievers between them and the Cliff, spikes extended, their moist skin pulsing in and out. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z My nostrils quivered as I felt the song of the mockingbirds and the drone of the grasshoppers mingle with the pulse of the earth. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The journal pulsed quicker and stronger, with a bright green glow. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Pong's pulse throbbed in his jaw as he watched Winya unlock their stall door and step inside. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Why do you have a pulse? she asked, trying to push the anxiety about Redemption away. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z His Noise is puzzled for a second, then I get a little pulse of sadness so I look at him. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Pong's pulse galloped as he waited for the old monk to finish his prayers. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Poppy took her pulse and whispered to her while someone called a taxi to drive her back to her hotel. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Its foremost symptom was a sensation of heat that on occasion flamed in the nerve endings of his forehead until the arteries in his temples pulsed visibly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z His left eyelid, which still droops slightly from the assault, pulses and twitches. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Once, the trains were a force of nature to me, something that continued along their path regardless of what we did inside the city limits, something pulsing and alive and powerful. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z That pounding, pulsing din stirred something in him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z A sharp pulsing pain throbbed behind his eyes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It was beautiful—black and orange—and fluttered like a tiny, pulsing heart in his hand. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They call out a chorus of numbers that are as familiar to me now as my own name: BP, pulse ox, respiratory rate. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t—” Nina dropped his pulse, and he toppled forward. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I feel his pulse thud against my fingers. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Faint deep coals of the driftwood fire pulsing in the onshore wind. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The other day I was convinced I could see it pulsing. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Heat tingled through my fingertips as it pulsed with golden light. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Those eight founders were the cereals emmer wheat, einkorn wheat, and barley; the pulses lentil, pea, chickpea, and bitter vetch; and the fiber crop flax. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The man turned him around and checked his pulse. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It took a moment before she noticed that the pulse in her palm was matching the song from the floor. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Develop a preparatory phrase that you feel comfortable with which gives children the pulse and pitch of a song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Helmuth likes the sound of Hitler's voice, the way his rasping, barking voice pulses with energy. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z In a single blinding pulse, a moment of glory much too swift and expansive for any form of words, the singularity assumes heavenly dimensions, space beyond conception. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Not screaming, not through clenched teeth, not with the veins pulsing in my forehead, but calmly. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The frenzied fairies mobbed him again, and he lost his grip on the side, vanishing in another pulsing succession of colored flashes. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Nina raised her hand to drop Lars’ pulse, but as she did, she caught movement in the shadows to her right. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “There’s nothing seriously wrong with him,” said Lupin, bending over Snape and checking his pulse. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He didn’t pick Toby up or reach down to check for the pulse. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Now, secret in her hand, the cloth seemed to speak a silent, pulsing message to Kira. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He laid his fingertips on it, as though feeling for a pulse. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a pulsing pain above his right eye. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m worried about tomorrow enough already, so my stomach flips and pulses when Coach calls me into his office. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched the fat man bend over him very professionally and feel for his pulse. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Even in sleep, the brain is pulsing, throbbing and flashing with the complex business of human life—dreaming, remembering, figuring things out. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Her throat constricted as those fingers, cold, so cold, traced the length of her jaw, the curve of her ear, the hollows of her neck, where a pulse fluttered like a dying moth. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He’d probably be checking his pulse and taking his temperature all night. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I had spent five days in a hospital and the world around seemed sharpened now and pulsing with life. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The light from the portholes was a pulsing purple. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Beat — Beat also has more than one meaning, but always refers to music with a steady pulse. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The amulet pulsed at her neck, as if urging her to run. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Then, compelled, I reached down and twisted the tourniquet, feeling the blood warm upon my hand, seeing the pulsing cease. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z This time, too, there was no small, endearingly innocent pulse of excitement, that keen and eager frisson that comes with venturing into the unknown with gleaming, untried equipment. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The wounds on the backs of her heels pulse. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I thought too much driving had distorted my vision or addled my judgment, for the dark earth below seemed to move and pulse and breathe. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t tell what he was thinking; I just knew my pulse quickened every time. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He told her that the eel sent out pulses that shocked and paralyzed its prey. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, there is a low pulse in my knee right now, a dull throbbing sensation that feels the way distant sirens sound. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z We talk as if none of this is happening, as if we can’t feel life pulse through all the spots where we’re touching. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z But the farther they went, and the more his pulse quickened, the better he felt. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z That, or a really, really angry guy has started sledgehammering the wall, such is the way the music pulses. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Sympathy stormed in his eyes as he felt for a pulse and tried to get her to drink. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Magdalys felt Missy’s frantic urge to hunt pulse through her, relentless. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z As Barbee paused the silence was so complete that I could hear the power engines far across the campus throbbing the night like an excited pulse. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was a ball of light, kind of pulsing, and bluish, like that light you get around a Portkey, you know?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A surge of heat pulsed through Thomas’s veins. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He redoubled his efforts to ignore the pulsing of his scar. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z My pulse beats with my footsteps on the ramp, and as I get closer to Jason’s front door, I hear a thumping bass line and muted laughter. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I stand, shielding my face with my hands, the impression of the flame pulsing behind my lids. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z My eardrums pounded as blood pulsed through my brain, calling to mind that roller-coaster ride with Harry so many years before. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z He explained to me that planets glowed because reflected light was constant, and stars twinkled because their light pulsed. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z My pulse goes into spasm and gains momentum. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Surprised by my good fortune, I put myself at the front of the line and become the first to get my blood pressure and pulse taken. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The violent curves of his cheekbones, the coarse linen of his secondhand shirt, then skin over hard muscle and the hot pulse of his heart. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z At the center of her image, the red shoes had seemed to pulse, like her own true heart. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I had just begun to feel the pulsing set up between myself and the people, hearing them answering in staccato applause and agreement when Tod Clifton caught my eye, pointing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z His hand brushes my wrist, turning it over, and his thumb presses carefully against my pulse. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It throbs, the pain coming in staggering pulses, like a second, ragged heartbeat. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Native Americans of the eastern United States domesticated no locally available wild pulse, no fiber crop, no fruit or nut tree. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think you can see the back of the houses from the path. But I’m not sure,” I said, again my pulse racing. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z "Blood pressure zero, pulse rate zero, temperature normal." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I nodded and let her give me the tablets, although I knew they would do little for my feet, now throbbing to a steady, searing pulse. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Magdalys felt her pulse thrumming through her ears as she wove her braids into a bun behind her head and took a deep breath. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z My heart is racing, and I can feel a thick pulse in my left cheek. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry. He’s not going to pop the question or anything,” I reply coolly, though my pulse quickens. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Rosey nodded approval as she hung a fresh IV. Again she took Cole’s temperature and pulse. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The pulse turned into a pound and Moss closed his eyes, then pressed into them with the thumb and middle finger of his right hand. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He grabbed my wrist and took my pulse. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z His blood grew hot with an old excitement, a quickening of the pulse he hadn’t felt since descending the mountain to explore the back streets of Bursa. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Farmer kneels on the dirt floor and takes the man’s pulse and blood pressure, then puts a stethoscope to his chest. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Gold and blue and red pulses filled his vision. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She knotted a string around the pulsing cord. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And she didn’t remember about the enrabbiting of Glerk or the flowers in her footsteps or the power that was, even now, clicking through its gears, pulsing, pulsing, pulsing inexorably toward its end point. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Doctors thought it had, but then they noticed blood pulsing from a wound where his index finger had contracted and cut deep into his thumb—a sign that his heart was still pumping. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She dropped his pulse, sending him into unconsciousness as she released the pressure on his larynx, allowing him to breathe. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z My heart starts to beat harder, so I can feel my pulse in my throat. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I stare at him, fear pulsing through me like electricity. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Then Jimmy jumped back up on the dock, too, and I saw Carl place his fingers on Ben’s neck, checking for a pulse. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z But the main thing to know is this: The whole time, from before any of those extinctions, from life’s origins until this minute, jellyfish have been there, pulsing their way across the oceans and back. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I push the thought away, concentrating on the pulse of the music and the stirring blond beauty before me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Her fear narrowed and hardened into something numb and old; her pulse loosened. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Her complexion pulsed darker beneath her freckles, making her scratch appear less vivid. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z On the beat or on the downbeat refer to the moment when the pulse is strongest. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Her heart galumphed along with their roaring stomps, and their combined grit and determination pulsed through her. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z There were fifty or sixty huge structures still standing, streets were dusty but paved, and you could see one or two old centrifugal fountains still pulsing wetly in the plazas. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He once again holds Lincoln’s hand, simultaneously using his index finger to feel for a pulse on Lincoln’s wrist. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The bomb was an exact copy of the American implosion bomb tested at Trinity, and the rising, twisting, pulsing ball of fire looked just the same. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The ones that made a pulsing, rattling drone on a sweltering morning, signaling that the day would only grow hotter. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I continued to sprint at top speed, following the green path, which was now pulsing brightly. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She folded her hands together just below her breastbone and felt the rapid thrumming of her pulse, her whole body taut with nerves. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z My cheeks are hot, and my lips pulse with pain. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z While they slowly rose, the doctor felt the man’s pulse, and breathed in sharply through his nose. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Eventually the throb of my pulse quieted, but he didn’t move or speak again as he held me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Those dozen blockbusters are the cereals wheat, corn, rice, barley, and sorghum; the pulse soybean; the roots or tubers potato, manioc, and sweet potato; the sugar sources sugarcane and sugar beet; and the fruit banana. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Maybe they tied camphor on her pulse to cure her. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Panic pulsed in the pit of his stomach. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z We settle into a rhythm, our shoes slapping on the pavement, our breaths pulsing almost in unison. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z In the black iron fetter about his wrist, the ruby seemed to pulse. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The big top still stands, glowing like a ghostly coliseum and pulsing with the sound of the band. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z There was another sound, too, closer than the deep pulsing...the sound of flowing water. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z No words, no looks, just the rhythmic slapping of their sneaker soles upon the sidewalk and the pulsing duet of their breathings. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Old Mr. Antolini felt his pulse and all, and then he took off his coat and put it over James Castle and carried him all the way over to the infirmary. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z The veins in his arms pulsed as he clasped her hand still more tightly. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Put your hand on her forehead and gently push it back,” Rashid said, never stopping the pulsing burst of pressure on Kaitlin’s chest. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z A warm, fizzling sensation filled my head, sending my pulse spiking. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It gives the floor a pulse, making it thump slightly beneath me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z My ruptured flesh fought back, twisting and pulsing. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The magical time of childhood stood still, and the pulse of the living earth pressed its mystery into my living blood. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Angela’s name pulsed beneath the hushed conversations like a muted drum. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear the whoosh of the little girl's blood racing through her body, and the thrum of her pulse floods my ears. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Grey eyes, brown eyes; Melisandre could see the color change with each pulse of the ruby. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the overwhelming stillness, between our echoless footsteps, the pulse sang thin and fast in my ears. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In the early third century Herophilus of Chalcedon, the brilliant Alexandrian anatomist, invented a device for timing the pulse. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Nina crawled over the rocks and knelt beside them, “Let me help before you crack his sternum. Does he have a pulse?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Another pulse of blood released itself and I contracted my stomach muscles in alarm. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “Yeah, well,” said Harry, his pulse quickening as he raised the Snitch in his fingers. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Optical fibers, by contrast, can carry very high-frequency optical pulses on the same individual fiber without substantial signal degradation for many, many miles. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z They pulsed with the rhythm of her breath. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The fourth section was devoted to the moments of inspiration when book ideas came to me in full-color flashes, like bits of a film remembered, or a forgotten conversation suddenly pulsing to life. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z A wave of murmurs pulses through the crowd, and some people at the back join her spontaneous protest. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z You can feel every pulse of your heart in your fingertips as you look at the calendar hanging over your desk: March 31. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I tried to take his pulse, but all I could feel was a fluttering, so faint I could not count it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Miss Temple got up, took her hand and examined her pulse; then she returned to her own seat: as she resumed it, I heard her sigh low. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It was unfair, all of it, deeply unfair: that was the one thought that had pulsed through Izzy’s mind all night. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He felt it most in his hands, but it was spreading: a pulse of blood and spirit and...power. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I buried my face into the baby’s neck, felt his pulse beat its hot and fragile rhythm. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The room pulses with a deep, rhythmic beat that makes the ground vibrate and my heart beat in time. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I pasted on a smile and hoped she couldn’t hear my pulse hammering. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Jimmy and Bo were standing in the kitchen, bleary-eyed but pulsing with energy. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I ran until the sound of blood pulsing in my ears was louder than the thoughts in my head; then I turned around and ran back, swinging around the pasture to the red railroad car. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But I couldn’t pick apart exactly what was pulsing through me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z My pulse rushes through my neck to my chest like a song. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Burnside, who had been a doctor, rushed forward and felt for Mr. Norton's pulse. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z His forearm presses against my windpipe, I can feel the blood pulsing at my temples, my eyes blurring. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The mugs settled, and my pulse rate stopped heading toward a heart attack. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I could feel the water covering my ears so that I heard nothing but the blood in my head pulsing and saw nothing but pinpricks of light above. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z 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 August vibrates with anger, a vein pulsing at his temple. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z No one knows for sure if medieval plainchant singing had a pulse or beat of any kind, because there was no way of writing it down. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Even if you don’t know what all the words mean, I hope you can close your eyes and feel the poem pulsing in your blood,” my dad said. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I feel relief pulsing through the air, like a heartbeat bringing life back into the room. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Showers at Dad’s house are the best—he has one of those pounding, pulsing shower systems that spray water from the sides as well as the top, so the water smashes you everywhere. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I drank from ditches, and when I bent to cup my hands in the water, the ringing pulsed in my eyes. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Rashid nodded and kept pulsing on her chest in a quick, steady rhythm with an intense look of concentration as he performed CPR. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z His ugly spotted dog stood on his chest, lapping at the blood pulsing from his neck, and every so often ripping a mouthful of flesh out of the dead man's face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The spirits all pulsed in time with the same glowing rhythm. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z After that the doctor took Haupt's pulse and blood pressure, which was high. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe the rush of emotion pulsing through me — just because he’d happened to look at me for the first time in a half-dozen weeks. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Her staff pulsed with a soft amber light. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Then they march on, their song swirling up through the window like a bright, pulsing cloud. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z My pulse was a hand drum in the cradle of my gut. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z It’s fall, and starlings fly in great pulsing swarms above the city. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He’ll move his long fingers in a pulsing motion like sea anemones. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z His breathing was quick, and so was his pulse. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She imagined a bright light flashing from some hidden chamber of her heart, pulsing in time with the spirits’ lights. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The sound vibrates in my teeth, in my bones, pulsing until I think something might shatter. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z He comes three times a week to mop the floor and the nurse is there every morning to take my temperature and pulse. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I feel the pulse and blood flow of every person in the room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She got to the door and opened it, and her pulse quickened. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Right at the bottom of the AM dial, just when you almost couldn’t turn it any further, we’d pick up strange signals, rhythmic electric pulses that could only be one thing: UFOs. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The motion of the car was rhythmic, steady, and the pulse of my mind beat with it. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She felt the vibrations penetrate her muscles, pulsing in waves, until they rattled her bones and made her inner organs hum. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I woke at noon, with a large, cottony skull, pulsing with hangover, to discover I'd missed my plane. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z His anger pulsed its way through my skin and squeezed my heart. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Peeta’s awake already, sitting on the side of the bed, looking bewildered as a trio of doctors reassure him, flash lights in his eyes, check his pulse. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He first took Mother’s pulse, then felt the skin on her ankles and wrists, then peered down her throat and under her eyelids. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To his surprise, his father began very carefully to direct the needle into the top of the newchild’s forehead, puncturing the place where the fragile skin pulsed. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I could feel it pulsing with energy, calling out to me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Higher up, their breasts bobbed like jellyfish, softly pulsing, tipped with stinging pink. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I took a deep breath as the outline of the blue maze began to pulse white. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She took his pulse and dropped his wrist in alarm at what she felt. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I felt for her pulse in the hollow of her slender throat. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My face is hot and angry, my nose pulsing, my head aching. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Entering the destroyed warehouse, the thick smell of burnt flesh quickens my pulse. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She took her job so seriously, she would try to wed off anything with a pulse. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Where his freckles had been, a hundred little holes pulsed blood down his pale cheeks. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It’s a beating pulse of a place, full of music and laughter and energy. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hands shook as she first pressed a flat palm to his chest to feel for a pulse, then held up his wrist to check again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The black ring on his finger pulsed, and her head gave a throb of pain in response. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z On the ground, Renly's head rolled sickeningly to one side, and a second mouth yawned wide, the blood coming from him now in slow pulses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In spite of the rain and the throbbing pulse down his foreleg, he felt ready to sleep where he was, stretched upon the planking. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When she woke up, she checked on Aziza, felt the parched cracks of her lips, the faint pulse at her neck, lay down again. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Harry did not doubt that speech would return to him, and soon — the vein pulsing in his uncle’s temple was reaching danger point — but something about Dumbledore seemed to have robbed him temporarily of breath. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Instead I go back to the bed and feel Susie’s pulse. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Roy watched as a vein in Mr. Muckle’s neck swelled up and began to pulse like a garden hose. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The singularity in my stomach was back, pulsing and writhing in sympathetic harmony with the one I knew lived deep inside Babou. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The mess hall, gracefully festooned with flowers, streamers, and brightly colored ribbons, pulsed with celebration as the pilots and their wives gathered for the 187th birthday of the Marine Corps. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Quicker than a pulse beat, Guitar had changed the air. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The point of Ser Gregor's lance had snapped off in his neck, and his life's blood flowed out in slow pulses, each weaker than the one before. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I turned the heat on and held my hand in front of the vent until, after a minute, warm air pulsed through. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She took a breath, her pulse pounding in her head, then forced herself to say, “Whatever.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The veins in his forehead were standing out, on each temple a pulse throbbed fiercely. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it his own blood pulsing through his veins that he could feel, or was it something beating inside the locket, like a tiny metal heart? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z And when I put my fingers to her throat, to where her pulse should be, I feel nothing. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The one on his shin throbbed and pulsed, even when he wasn’t moving, so he focused on it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Though her wrists were cinched with twine, she cupped her hands together; they bulged and pulsed, as if she had a fidgety mouse trapped between her palms, and white light leaked between her fingers. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I can feel my pulse in my neck. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Genie pressed his hand over his eye, but he kept pumping—two calls—hurdling over the fallen trees, the bottom of his feet pulsing in his flimsy Converses. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She looked at him for a long time, at the little pulse in his throat, at his chest rising and falling slowly, at the delicate shadows his eyelashes made when the sun finally reached them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z His face was a fearsome red and a vein pulsed at his temple as if it were about to explode. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z With each feeble pulse I felt a corresponding stitch of pain. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I slipped outside and saw how still Montego Drive looked—quiet as a ghost town, the air hushed and peaceful, the only sound the pulsing rhythm of Mrs. Cantrell's sprinklers. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Pollard could feel it under him: electricity pulsing up into his hands. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see the curve of her nose against my pulse, which was green and bumpy. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Dimple took a deep breath as an uneasy pulse beat within her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He stood at the mouth of the alley, all reedy pulse and ravaged spirit, wondering what it all meant. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z As if the mere thought of him had set it off, she felt the ring begin to pulse like a living thing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z At half past ten he began to worry; by eleven his legs were pulsing with pain, which was always, with him, a sign of approaching panic—“bubbles in my blood.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The pain pulses throughout my body and makes me weak, makes me surrender. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He wrinkled his brow, thought for a moment, and took my pulse. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The thought of the flower helped, and she envisioned it in her mind’s eye; she could feel the life of it, pulsing. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z His pulse hammered in him and he was confused. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z One arm is splayed out uselessly while she paws at her shoulder with the other, trying to stanch the sluggish pulse of blood draining out of her. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z And then we follow Boy21 up into his room, where the walls and ceiling are now entirely covered with glow-in-the-dark stars, which seem to pulse energy. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to time it, but couldn’t transpose the number of beats per minute measured on his digital watch into a pulse rate because he couldn’t think. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z It became the drums as it pounded its own pulsing rhythms into the night. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Following her finger and squinting into the distance I could barely pick out the pulse of a red LED bobbing on the waves. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Under the skin the life no longer pulses, it has already pressed out the boundaries of the body. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The guy is surrounded by other people his age, all pulsing against each other, and my initial instinct is to yell, “Somebody help!” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z And then he was a shrieking blaze, a jumping, sprawling, gibbering mannikin, no longer human or known, all writhing flame on the lawn as Montag shot one continuous pulse of liquid fire on him. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z So she had lain there, pulse thudding, eyes wide open. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She unbuttoned his shirt, and all he was aware of was the heat of his own breathing and the warmth radiating from his belly, pulsing between his legs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The floating heart pulsed from dimness to darkness. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He’d be lying if he said it didn’t feel good to feel that kid’s pulse beating fast against his arm, his breath short, his eyes blown wide open. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Mr. Ages looked at him, examined his tongue, felt his pulse, and found a small red lump near his neck. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I felt my heart limping in my chest, and was revolted by it, a pitiful muscle, sick and bloody, pulsing against my ribs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There was a dim glow pulsing from the middle of the hazel thicket, as if a tiny cloud of stars were glimmering there. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The constant tempo of that violence pulsed throughout my body and made me feel small, and weak, and cowardly. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z But as she closed her fingers, he couldn’t help but wonder if she felt the same warm pulsing in her palm as he did in his chest. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I listen for footsteps, hear nothing but my pulse hammering in my ears. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Voldemort’s tone was musing, calm, but Harry’s scar had begun to throb and pulse: Pain was building in his forehead, and he could feel that controlled sense of fury building inside Voldemort. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Elnora took my pulse, smoothed my brow, and in a wheedling tone tried to discover my woes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They never stop moving, never stop pulsing through the depths. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She said hello but her fingers kept pulsing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He watched the tiny pulse fluttering at Dimple's neck, the way her shoulders were bunched up around her ears. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z My stomach a hard ball, my pulse skyrocketing again, I left his office without shaking his outstretched hand. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 And then I’d enjoy every minute of the sweaty spectacle before me—the leaping and charging, the rippling and roaring, the pulse of maleness and all its mysteries on full display. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Most afternoons were spent making up routines to songs we’d listen to over and over until I could hear every beat in my head like a pulse. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Maybe the music that constantly pulsed through his earbuds dulled the sound a bit. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He was trying to maintain his composure, but Inej could hear panic pulsing against his words, the startled wing beat of a frightened bird. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And so we sat there, she with her nail polish balanced on the dash, and me with a shaky finger on the pulse of myself. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I no longer felt his pulse, his presence, in my hands. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Felix clicked download, and a few seconds later, a giant dollar sign spun on the screen with the words Penny Doubled Challenge pulsing beneath. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 He let out a guttural shriek, rage pulsing in his face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z No surviving medieval plainchant reveals to us that a pulse was intended, and books of theory and instruction are ambiguous on the subject. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The movement became regular while the chant lost its first superficial excitement and began to beat like a steady pulse. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Still, Frankie leaned down, felt for a pulse, and recognized the teacher staring lifelessly up at him. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z And, even more weirdly, the trinket pulsed with green light, too. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z We need to grasp a melody and a drum beat or steady pulse in order to make sense of what we are hearing. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Quickly, Nina checked Inej’s pulse and breathing, relieved to find that she seemed to be stable for now. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z This creates an audible, predictable pulse that helps the musicians to coordinate what they are doing so that they sound good together. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Others, such as pulses and members of the mustard family, have toxic seeds, but the toxins are easily removed, leaving the seeds edible. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z My pulse races, and I can hear everyone start clapping. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He felt his heart beating so hard that its pulse pounded in his throat and ears. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Nausea bubbled and pushed upward as Tad forced himself to take the teacher’s pulse. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z My breath was coming in ragged gasps, and I could barely hear the knocking engine of Papá’s old car for the pulse pounding against my eardrums. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Is it flying fish or dolphins or some undiscovered pulse? Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The other townsfolk—rubes, as Uncle Al called them—had already made their way through the menagerie tent and into the big top, which pulsed with frenetic music. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Kamal reaches out at last and takes my hand in his, his thumb against my wrist, on my pulse. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The pretty nurses take my pulse and my temperature, then they put me in a room with a guy in a uniform—some kind of doctor. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The breath of the boys pulses out before them in a collective fleeting cloud that is stripped away quickly by the wind. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Pax ducked under the table and froze, his pulse quickened. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z As a doctor, with his finger against a pulse, is able to feel the heart rate, when I am up there speaking, I can feel the reaction to what I am saying. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z We watched him bend over Mr. Norton again, feeling his pulse, pulling back his eyelid. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s still breathing, but it’s getting shallower and her pulse is weaker than it was before. I don’t know what to do.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The whole bus ride home, I’m like a blender on pulse. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z It worked and worked faster: I felt the pulses throb in my head and temples; but for nearly an hour it worked in chaos; and no result came of its efforts. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z So you are basically listening for a running, even pulse underlying the rhythms of the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Even now, she could feel the magic pulsing under her skin, each filament insinuating itself between cells, through tissues, filling up her bones. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Seven felt a surge of magic, warm and strong, pulse through her body as the amulets shone brightly and began to spin. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z It speeds my pulse and terrifies me, and I look at the painting of Tariq, and it's such a good likeness that I feel as if I'm really looking at him. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z These golden surfaces were encrusted with countless jewels—blue, purple, and red—which, in the flickering candlelight, seemed to pulse with a life their own. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z And yet she can tell he is visited by fears so immense, so multiple, that she can almost feel the terror pulsing inside him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I believe I see police-car lights pulsing, so I hobble myself along as fast as I can. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I lay my fingers against his neck, long enough to feel his pulse, which feels just like my own—racing and feverish. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z If this satanic sprinkling of redundant apostrophes causes no little gasp of horror or quickening of the pulse, you should probably put down this book at once. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z He didn’t feel close to them, but he did feel connected, as though there was some cord or pulse or information they shared. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z His quiet voice pulses around me like a second heartbeat. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He set his fingertip upon my thrumming pulse, and I knew he must feel the same blood that roared in my ears. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “You do look a little peaked, Tea Cake. You got a temperature and yo’ pulse is kinda off. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I have to find the pulse of the song and fall into it. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z In the corner, a person was smoking, the gold cherry pulsing like a lightning bug. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I could feel the Sirens’ voices vibrating in the timbers of the ship, pulsing along with the roar of blood in my ears. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z All his energy would go into ignoring the pounding of his own pulse. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He takes my blood pressure off a rolling cart and my pulse with delicate fingers. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z This does not necessarily mean that the rhythms themselves are repetitive, but they do strongly suggest a repeated pattern of pulses. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z She smiled, and her arm was by 03-01’s side, as he was holding her wrist, making note of her pulse. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It’s as if the book is breathing and pulsing in my hand, buzzing with its own vibrant energy. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "It's solid! This man has a solid pulse! Instead of beating, it vibrates. That's very unusual. Very." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes the pulsing of the drums was all but inaudible, at others they seemed to be beating only just round the corner. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z What followed was a string of lost days spent in the purgatory of blood draws, pulse checks, untouched meal trays, and squads of doctors making rounds. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I have to look hard, again, to make sure it’s her; I do this in pulses, quick flickers of the eyes, so no one will notice. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus’ second thrust went home by luck, his bright spear passing through the shoulder joint; and the beast fell, moaning as life pulsed away. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Bliss checked for Garfield's pulse at both his wrist and neck. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He felt the shivering then; it began at the tips of his fingers and pulsed into his arms. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The physio was there, wrapping gauze and tape like a headband tightly around my pulsing head, over my left eye. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The anger pulsed through him as if it, instead of blood, thumped out of his heart and through his veins, but even as he stood, he could feel himself calming. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She doesn’t have to test Howie’s pulse to know he isn’t. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I sat feeling nothing but Mama’s fingers pressing my palm, and my own pulse thumping beneath them. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Dri played cool, but I saw her pulse in her neck. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z My pulse skitters, and I shake his hand away, unnerved at my own reaction. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I turn to the cart as she puts them on, and a metal arm like a record needle is reading out my pulses. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z She reached up to check my pulse under my neck with her fingers. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Each pulsed with the same glowing light that they had in the park. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z There’s a bright blue envelope in my inbox, and it glows in pulses, waiting to be clicked open. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But by doing that, he only pushed himself closer, and realizing it, he shrank back toward her again, to her warm throat and the strong pulse of her heart. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She arranged herself on the bench, her head pulsing in agony with every heartbeat. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Yesterday’s pulsing anger is now just a sad frustration. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “You’re dead,” Ophie said to the ghost, as one of the party guests walked over to check the old woman's pulse. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z For example, hunter-gatherers in parts of southeastern Europe had quickly adopted Southwest Asian cereal crops, pulse crops, and livestock simultaneously as a complete package by around 6000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Every minute, the medical staff added drag to the back wheel until each woman's pulse reached 180. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Hazel pressed her fingers against the arch, as if taking its pulse. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Probably starved, he thought, and the hunger pulsed up in him again. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He could remember the old magician his father had bought it from, and how safe he had felt when it was made fast over the exposed pulse through which his ka might try to escape. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “I could have died from boredom for all the time it took you to take her pulse.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z My insides are pulsing like someone took my intestines and wrung them out like a mop. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She could feel panic pulsing beneath the skin of the moment, and made an effort to smother it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z My pulse was racing, and I had to keep reminding myself to breathe. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Every once in a while, Papa would pinch our skin and check our pulses and stare hard out into nothing. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Baba puts Amin down gently and checks how he is—peering into his eyes, taking his pulse. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z It pulsed hotly inside as if the blood was building up to erupt furiously out of my scorched nasal passages like waves of molten lava, but so far not a drop had leaked out. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Fireflies Matt had ordered from a catalog pulsed across the warm, humid garden. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When she continued to hesitate, he finally said, “This time it’s not a test. I actually want you to confirm for me that she has no pulse.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Their headlines pulse and flicker across the pages, calling my attention. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It still glowed, and I felt a gentle pulse of something warm and powerful radiating from the shimmering petals. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I can feel the pulsing of its great taproot, the howling cello in its trunk. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z My body pulses with pain and my throat feels like it’s swelling shut. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I feel my pulse in my palms as I grip the steering wheel. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z A pulse leaped at each of their throats. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Someone—probably Uriah—whistles, but I barely hear it over the pulsing in my ears. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z After a moment he realized it was his seat that trembled—the Whisperer was pulsing with energy. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The tip of it juts out and up like an ugly thumb and the serrashuns along one side spring up like gnashing teeth and the blade edge pulses like a vein full of blood. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z It smelled like hot hair, nail polish remover, and a soft perfume, which Bridget had sprayed on at least eight out of twenty pulse points. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The pulse in my ears was so strong, I hardly heard him. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Streams of people brushed past us, and with the loud bargaining, the laughter, the arguing, and the honking of cars in the distance, everything felt like it was merging into one beating pulse. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He saw the holster, and the anxiety threaded into his veins, pulsed from his chest up to his throat, and he couldn’t breathe. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Cole’s pulse quickened as he eyed the familiar stark brick building. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Someone who could tamper with another player’s pulse or even raise the temperature in a room had an unfair advantage. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The temperature soared and the pulse became rapid. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He kissed the rapid pulse in the hollow of my throat and paused there for a moment, as though to savor the proof that I was alive. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z More students arrived to school on foot, and Moss noticed a group of them collecting across the street, their voices loud and exuberant, but not more so than the pulsing, formless entity outside the school. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when he stared at it long enough, his eyes sliding out of focus, he thought he could see into the metal and sense a pulsing, dormant potential. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He was quiet for a time, as if counting a pulse, then he patted the stomach, almost affectionately, and used Kiowa’s hunting hatchet to remove the thumb. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She stopped short—it was like the setting sun, but the bright orange image pulsed and undulated like no sun she’d ever seen. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He checked my pulse and lightly pinched the skin on the back of my hand. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z My mind pulsed with panic, which overpowered every thought, so that I could not even remember how to connect red to red, white to white. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Pollard, a more adventurous soul, probably lived a little closer to the pulse of Tijuana. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But somehow the pulse of current smashing through my body prevented me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A slow, burning pain started to pulse up their arms and legs and dance across their backs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Heat rose up the sides of her neck and pulsed into her cheeks. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z There was something greenish about it, and it seemed to pulse. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z 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 Alex took off his glove, knelt, and felt for a pulse. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The boy was flesh and blood and bone, yes, but also pulsing with light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I was surprised to find out that I’d tested into the fluent class, since my Spanish sounded like it had been put in a blender and pulsed into a mess of sounds and letters. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z He reaches down and wraps his hands around one of Henry’s wrists, feeling the racing pulse under his thumbs. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She pressed her hand to her stomach—still as flat as ever—and imagined a single cell pulsing and dividing deep in side, like in the videos in biology class. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Petey pulsed feebly into the air and came to rest a couple of feet away, with Ajax closing fast. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z My pulse pounded like drums against every inch of my skin. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Again, again—and it was not the ear that heard the pulsing rhythm, it was the midriff; the wail and clang of those recurring harmonies haunted, not the mind, but the yearning bowels of compassion. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt for a pulse, but there was nothing. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “Another minute, and she will despise me for a hypocrite,” thought I; and an impulse of fury against Reed, Brocklehurst, and Co. bounded in my pulses at the conviction. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z First, it involves seasonally pulsed inputs of labor. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z My chest compresses into a tiny, pulsing ball. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Pressed against Archer’s shoulder, Sefia could feel her own pulse drumming in her neck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The need to simply run out of there and just head south, south, south rose up in a frantic pulse through her body. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z In those years she felt it was one of the pulses that kept Malcolm alive on campuses, in community centers, and on cultural occasions. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z My pulse kicked up a notch; I could sense a story. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z These songs were shaped by the poetic metre of their lyrics, and consequently most of the troubadour songs, even the sad ones, have a gentle, foot-tapping pulse. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The heat pulsed among the cottages and bushes and children. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Her pulse seemed to be whispering, twelve, twelve, twelve, twelve. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The next day, the background still looks off to me, so I take a medium-thick brush and paint black stick figures pulsing in the air around Liberty, thorny scars that look like barbed wire. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She closed her eyes, swinging her hips slowly, and then the shadows burst into life, reaching out from the corners of the room with long, pulsing claws and screaming faces. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I am delirious with longing and the fulfillment of that longing, the desire to touch his warm skin, trace the sinew and muscle just under the surface, pulsing with life. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Her own pulse had settled, and the wildfire beating of wings in her head had calmed down a little. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z One by one the fires became red pulsing embers, and the men settled under their blankets. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Catching her breath, Kira limped past the gardens to where the old woman stood sweating as the heat from the flames pulsed and shimmered in the air. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her pulse was frantic, her breathing ragged, and it seemed impossible that people could live at all with such flimsy stuff as skin keeping blood, breath, and spirit safe inside their bodies. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z My pulse races with panic and worry and fear. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Subsequent efforts to align musical pace with horological time, however, failed to ignite general enthusiasm; indeed, others were still attempting to match musical pulse with less scientific external sources. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Not a song of words or tones, but a pulsing, a quivering in her hands as if they had life. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His pulse beat too fast and his throat was tight. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He dropped to his knees and checked the wrist for a pulse, then dropped the arm back to the ground. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She held the wad of seaweed against her wound but could feel the blood pulsing. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I saw Maxim go very white, and a little pulse began to show on his forehead. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The arteries in his temples had begun to pulse, as they often did when he’d been sleepless. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Dr. Barnes sits in the chair, his finger on Lincoln’s carotid artery, seeking a pulse. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The pulsing sound of people speaking Spanish around me, or the music that would surprise your ears as you passed by an open window, was missing. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I felt for her pulse in her neck. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Despite the messy backbone, my pulse began to race. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z And with each blast he fired, the warning light on his chest pulsed faster. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The lights pulsed like an octopus slowly opening its tentacles. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z As I struggled to draw in air, my head pulsed in sickening waves. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I brush the damp blond strands of hair back from his forehead, find the pulse drumming against my fingers at his neck. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z His pulse thrummed and he could hear the sound of it. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z He should have refused Leon’s invitation, but the moment it was made his pulse had leaped and his bleated yes had left his mouth. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I don’t hear the third announcement because I’m too busy hearing the blood pulse through my ears and feeling like there is a hot direct spotlight on me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z His eyes bulged, and the gills on his side pulsed with effort. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I placed my middle and pointer fingers on the inside of Mrs. B’s left wrist and took her pulse using the stopwatch. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Alex finally manages to catch Henry around the waist, and he pins him, slides his wet mouth over the thudding pulse of Henry’s throat. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The fear pulsed in his throat and it was hard to swallow, and he was tempted. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Far below, he saw the incinerator coals, banked but still pulsing with an angry red glow. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The blue gem embedded in her stone crown pulsed in the faint sunlight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The pulsing pain made it feel like their hands were still on her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She felt the pulse of life in things and nursed it forth to make them grow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Dimple felt a weird energy pulsing through her as she and Celia walked to the Andrew G. Spurlock building, where Insomnia Con was hosted every year. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Without taking her pulse or touching her, the nurse asks Keav a few brief questions about her symptoms and hurries away, saying she will return later to check on her and bring some medicine. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s their pulse, the way they contract swiftly, then release. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z By the time Leo looked back, the island of Ogygia was a dark line in the distance, their campfire pulsing like a tiny orange heart. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The candle in the red glass beside the Mary statue still burned, looking like a tiny red heart in a cave of darkness, pulsing out light to the world. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The cool pulse of dawn was beginning to give way to the beating heat of midmorning when the two curacas arrived, as expected. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I looked up at my father, at his purple face, at the vein pulsing in his neck. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He walked closer, and I felt the world constrict, my heart pulsing against my ribs. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Indeed, the police make use of the Doppler effect to measure the speed of cars by measuring the wavelength of pulses of radio waves reflected off them. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She can feel Madame Ruelle’s loaf pulsing on her back like something alive. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z As we drive up to the building, I put my index and middle fingers on my carotid artery just behind my ear to take my pulse. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Everyone here is happy—happy for every breath of air and every pulse of blood and every beat of the heart, happy to be alive and happy that everyone around them is alive too. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z The air so still and peaceful moments ago now pulses with their buzz. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It beat, a deep ponderous throb of sound, and each pulse sent out a wash of indigo light. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I look up into his face, surprised at how near he is to me, at the fire in his gaze, the life, and my pulse quickens. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Blood pulsed, and he gritted his teeth as the metal bar slid free. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Is he ... ?” Her fingers are on his throat, taking his pulse, and her eyes are wide and empty. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I guessed, my pulse quickening as I intuitively realized the truth of my own words. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Above the towns, scattered like pebbles, were single villas where ancient families had found a brook, a green spot, and laid out a tile pool, a library, and a court with a pulsing fountain. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He swallowed hard, the pulse in his throat close enough for me to hear it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They sit in the dark, the small flat lit only by the dim amber light of the radio, and listen to the British voices pulsing across the crackling airwaves. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Dill’s pulse quickened as they walked the couple of blocks to campus. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I could feel my stomach in knots and pulsing in my head. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Dr. Armstrong lifted the lifeless hand and felt for the pulse. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z But when they are grown up, they break away from the seafloor and are free to pulse through the ocean. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She walked toward the stage and stood right in front of him, letting him see the wound, her red and seething insides, the place where her fury pulsed, where her fire lived. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z When Maurice’s slow answer emerged as no, he wouldn’t mind, my pulse rate returned to normal. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z |
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