How to Use palpitation in a Sentence

palpitation

noun
  • These changes put stress on the body and can even cause heart palpitations.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Like, old-school, give a child minor heart palpitations tonight vibes.
    — Megan Gustashaw, GQ, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Surgery stopped one type of palpitation, but the others have never gone away.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, The New Yorker, 30 July 2022
  • If the two were to team up again, fans may endure heart palpitations from excitement.
    — Jordan Robinson, SELF, 19 Mar. 2026
  • That’s the kind of stuff that gives you heart palpitations and dizziness in the most fun way possible.
    — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 18 June 2019
  • Not as dirty as a rectal palpitation mishap, mind you, but dirty nonetheless.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 May 2022
  • In other instances, palpitations may be felt when the heart is racing.
    — Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • This can lead to feelings of palpitations or a racing heartbeat.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The symptoms are listed as numbness of the neck, arms, and back as well as headaches, dizziness, and palpitations.
    — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2020
  • One friend describes her heart palpitations as a soft fluttering that starts in her chest, moves to her neck and sometimes makes her cough.
    — Emily Sohn, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Having somebody else’s hands on your unlocked device can give you heart palpitations.
    — David Nield, Popular Science, 3 Feb. 2020
  • Many of those people suffer chest pain, palpitations, shortness of breath and fatigue.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Drinking too much caffeine can show up as fatigue, jitters, headaches, heart palpitations, and more.
    — Laura Schober, Health, 16 Sep. 2025
  • This includes symptoms such as anxiety, cold sweats, headaches and heart palpitations.
    — Jessica Hartshorn, Flow Space, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Other symptoms include cough, fatigue, swelling of the legs and feet, shortness of breath, and heart palpitations.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 31 May 2024
  • Does that 20 percent discount on Pringles give you heart palpitations?
    — Sam Blum, Popular Mechanics, 10 Oct. 2018
  • Many patients report fatigue, brain fog, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, and muscle, joint or chest pain.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The palpitations took his breath away, causing a mix of lightheadedness and nausea.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2023
  • At this time of life, women are also more prone to heart palpitations and their heart rate will also naturally increase.
    — Anna Byrne, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Other symptoms include fatigue, coughing, swelling of the legs or feet, low-grade fever, shortness of breath and heart palpitations.
    — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024
  • Other symptoms include fatigue, coughing, swelling of the legs or feet, low-grade fever, shortness of breath and heart palpitations.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
  • Other symptoms include fatigue, coughing, swelling of the legs or feet, low-grade fever, shortness of breath and heart palpitations.
    — Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
  • That tasted pretty good, but the concentration of matcha in that cookie was so high that all of my colleagues had heart palpitations that week.
    — New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Other symptoms include fatigue, coughing, swelling of the legs or feet, low-grade fever, shortness of breath, and heart palpitations.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 30 May 2024
  • Reports include adverse events such as high fever and heart palpitations from unapproved peptides.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Season 2 of The Pitt is back today and fans of the hit show are already feeling heart palpitations.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
  • And monitor yourself for warning signs of cardiac distress like shortness of breath, heart palpitations and chest pain.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Symptoms include swelling in the legs, chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, heart palpitations, dizziness and fainting.
    — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 6 May 2026
  • That can cause heart palpitations, dizziness or lightheadedness, shortness of breath, fainting and chest pain.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
  • No doubt the sofa gymnastics gave plenty of soccer fans in the US heart palpitations.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 12 June 2026

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