Heart-pounding

Quick meaning: Heart-pounding is an adjective meaning Causing the heart to pound; dramatically exciting or shocking.

Meaning

Causing the heart to pound; dramatically exciting or shocking.

Example Sentences

Christina Culhane maintained a heart-pounding pace until she broke her stride to glance at her plastic Swatch.

The anguish, the numb misery, of believing that his beloved, Kahlan had been executed, had evaporated in a heart-pounding instant the day before.

A simple bump in the road, an unexpected noise, a shadow, or flash of light triggered a heart-pounding, tire-screeching turnaround back to the scene.

In the early days, you may even experience a heart-pounding nightmare or two about being separated from your baby or your baby falling off a balcony.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include heartstopping, pulse-pounding, heart-throbbing, thrilling, heart-thumping, heart-stirring.

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