heartbeat
心跳
definition
noun
His heartbeat quickened as he hurried towards her room.
the pulsation of the heart.
example
She scrambled away, her 'heartbeat' suddenly quickening in fear.
For twelve years Keane has been the 'heartbeat' of the United team.
Marcy felt her breath quicken, her 'heartbeat' accelerate and crescendo in her ears to an overpowering drone.
His breathing did not change, nor did his 'heartbeat' quicken.
As he walked up to her she felt her 'heartbeat' quicken.
They were the team's engine and 'heartbeat' , and without them things would not function effectively.
My 'heartbeat' quickened with every passing second, so that I wanted to confess to the world…
He remembered the day's events vividly and felt his 'heartbeat' quicken pace as he remembered the routine attack on the Alliance convoy.
He may not garner the headlines that some of his teammates accrue, but Lambert is the 'heartbeat' of the robust team which has been transformed into treble winners under O'Neill.
The midwife or doctor may use a device placed on the abdomen to amplify the 'heartbeat' .
My 'heartbeat' just quickened and it kept increasing.
My 'heartbeat' quickens even more at the mere sight of her.
Looking across the dark waters that separate our houses, I can't help but feel my 'heartbeat' quicken and the resolve in my mind harden.
Then I realized that I couldn't hear anything at all, nothing but a constant thudding like a 'heartbeat' in my eardrum.
His 'heartbeat' quickened as he hurried towards her room.
However they may lead to palpitations, which is an unpleasant awareness of the 'heartbeat' , often described as a thumping in the chest.
his 'heartbeat' quickened as Rose approached
Ontario has long been the commercial 'heartbeat' of Canada
Bruce has never been able to select his first-choice line up this season and it now seems likely that he will lose the 'heartbeat' of the team just as the side threaten to produce some consistency.
In many ways, Pittman is a reincarnation of former team 'heartbeat' Larry Centers.
The common symptoms of anaemia are tiredness, shortness of breath and awareness of the 'heartbeat' (palpitations).
Despite this, Perry started to massage the president's chest with his long fingers, trying to force a 'heartbeat' .
For Johnson is the 'heartbeat' of the England team; its brain, its pulse, its cold, aggressive spirit.
I sat up when I heard the doorbell and my 'heartbeat' quickened as I got to my feet and raced out of my room, down the stairs and stopped at the bottom one.
In one particularly engaging scene a barrage of news reports on black ‘suspects’ is pasted over the quickening thump of a 'heartbeat' .
I could feel his breath against my neck and through my dress I could feel his 'heartbeat' pulsating through my body as he pulled me closer.
conflict is the essential 'heartbeat' of fiction
Other drugs may be given if pain persists, if there is fluid on the lungs or a fast 'heartbeat' .
His squeeze grew just a little lighter than usual when he felt her 'heartbeat' quicken far more than it usually did, her breath intake having been sharp.
Flintoff, as Selvey correctly deduces, has become the 'heartbeat' of the team; the carthorse that also provides the gallops.
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