Describing a rhythmic beating.
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Examples for "pit-a-pat"
Examples for "pit-a-pat"
1Nevertheless her heart went pit-a-pat, and she withdrew a little deeper into the flower-bell.
2Her face was aglow with excitement, her heart going pit-a-pat.
3Even now, they make our collective heart go pit-a-pat.
4He leaned over her, and his heart went pit-a-pat.
5His heart went pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat.
1Aside from the gentle pitter-patter of rainfall, the silence is almost palpable.
2I'd signed up for a happy family and the pitter-patter of tiny feet.
3Her heart did a pitter-patter in her chest at the sight of him.
4She could still hear the rain playing pitter-patter against the window.
5Then, with a swift pitter-patter, she ran back to the house.
1So pitty-pat down the spirit came, noisily tumbling over the cord.
2It was enough to make Sadie's heart pitty-pat with delight.
3My heart gave a little pitty-pat and I swallowed it.
4And yet they chops make my heart go pitty-pat.'
5My heart continued to go pitty-pat.
6Traveling with the director-designate to headquarters would have once made her heart go pitty-pat, but now she was bone-tired and worried sick.
7Then Johnny Cricket's little bug heart went pitty-pat, and sounded as if it would run a race with the ticking of the clock.
8'Her heart,' she said, 'was easily set pitty-pat now.'
Translations for pitty-pat