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Meanings of pulseless in English

Appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse.

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Examples for "breathless"
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Loud voices in the antechamber interrupted her; she listened in breathless expectation.
Frederick the Great and His Family: A Historical Novel
2
An Irishman's Diary of September 21st, however, left me breathless with dismay.
The Irish Times
3
The jury appeared in their box; and there was a breathless stillness.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
4
Nothing seemed to be hurting in particular; she just felt utterly breathless.
The golden compass
5
Did Eleni say he was involved?' Isobel demanded, breathless from the rush.
The power of the legendary greek
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This danger does not come from human malice, but from inanimate nature.
Rock and Ice Magazine
2
In turn oxen and horses were soon being replaced by inanimate power.
The Rational Optimist
3
Even in inanimate bodies the power of the moon is very evident.
Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies
4
The same conclusion may be reached in the case of inanimate things.
The Ten Books on Architecture
5
They see others as inanimate objects, like machines, moved by explicit rules.
The black swan: the impact of the highly improbable
Usage of pulseless in English
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Nine noble defenders of the Covenant lay pulseless in the dewy grass.
Sketches of the Covenanters
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In the chamber above lay the pale, almost pulseless form of Edith.
Heart-Histories and Life-Pictures
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There was a subdued light, and almost pulseless silence in the chamber.
Finger Posts on the Way of Life
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Her fingers felt like a closed fan in his own pulseless hand.
Her Weight in Gold
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His hand was then cold and pulseless, yet he shook mine warmly.
Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee
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The old man lay paralysed, cold, pulseless, but quite collected and cheerful.
Two Years Ago, Volume II.
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Stooping, he lifted up Valmond's head, and Medallion felt Lagroin's pulseless heart.
When Valmond Came to Pontiac: The Story of a Lost Napoleon. Volu...
8
The overgrown metropolis, the great heart of mighty Britain, was pulseless.
The Last Man
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Dull-eyed, blase, frayed by the social whirl, worn out, pulseless, all of them.
Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3
10
I found him delirious, with cold, clammy extremities and almost pulseless.
Personal Experience of a Physician
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Garry was limp and blue and pulseless when Steve stretched him out, inside.
Then I'll Come Back to You
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In such a swoon she would be pulseless and breathless, or seem so!
Cruel As The Grave
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There was much tenderness and rigidity of the abdomen, and he was almost pulseless.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 / Being Mainly a...
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She was senseless and almost pulseless some minutes last night.
From the Ranks
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They dwelt too far and safe for such pulseless rest.
Oswald Langdon / or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1...
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Silence now is brooding like a gentle spirit o'er the still and pulseless world
Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases / A Practical Handbook Of Pertin...
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