How to Use heartbeat in a Sentence

heartbeat

noun
  • The patient had a rapid heartbeat.
  • I'd accept a job offer from that company in a heartbeat.
  • The heartbeat of the show is its score.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The thing has its own heartbeat now.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
  • That’s the heartbeat of a brand.
    — Paul Getter, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The clear blue sky went grey, then black, in what seemed like a few heartbeats.
    — Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Find your pulse and count 20 heartbeats.
    — Vicki Glembocki, Parents, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The heartbeat of the club is now thumping.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Music is the heartbeat of the world.
    — Ryan Gaydos , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 8 Feb. 2026
  • If there is a heartbeat, the physician may not abort the child.
    — Bryan Hughes, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Look for signs in yourself such as a fast heartbeat or sweaty palms.
    — Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Listen to the sound of your heartbeat.
    — Adrianne Wright, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2026
  • The team is inspired by its heartbeat.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • His heartbeat stopped twice on that freeway.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
  • But that heartbeat is under threat.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Burn rate is your startup heartbeat.
    — Loran Armstrong, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Where’s the heartbeat going to be?
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Excitement might show up as a warm face or a fast heartbeat.
    — Reem Raouda, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2026
  • For seven years, the Bulls had a heartbeat.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
  • For one night, Almaty shared the same heartbeat.
    — Nina Subkhanberdina, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Today, brands need a heartbeat.
    — Hilary Milnes, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The heartbeat of the man who received the first heart transplant.
    — Heather Lanier, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023
  • In Ohio and it, the heartbeat bill would limit it to about six weeks.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 31 Jan. 2023
  • One last check of the ears, the throat, the glands, the lungs, the heartbeat, and the you-know-whats.
    — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 28 May 2023
  • From these, the whales might be able to sense her heartbeat quickening.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The high-tech device can bring a patient with no heartbeat back to life.
    — Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • Music will also be part of our home’s heartbeat.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The spinal cord pulses with Abibu's heartbeat — a good sign.
    — Sophia Li, NPR, 17 Aug. 2025
  • And in this new quiet, his heartbeat seemed broadcast in stereo.
    — Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Or the heartbeat heard, the movement glimpsed, the turn inside like a fish?
    — Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026

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