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.
• 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
• The Braves then were part of the heartbeat of Black Atlanta.
  — John Blake, CNN, 31 Oct. 2021
• The Tkachuk brothers will again be the U.S. heartbeats.
  — Michael Russo, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
• If there is a heartbeat, the physician may not abort the child.
  — Bryan Hughes, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2021
• In Ohio and it, the heartbeat bill would limit it to about six weeks.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 31 Jan. 2023
• The heartbeat of the man who received the first heart transplant.
  — Heather Lanier, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023
• The clear blue sky went grey, then black, in what seemed like a few heartbeats.
  — Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Aug. 2023
• This test records the timing and strength of your heartbeat.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2021
• But Charles Oti would swap places with them in a heartbeat.
  — Kieron Monks, CNN, 31 Mar. 2021
• The rolling groove, the perfect rhythm, the heartbeat of this band is Flea in every way.
  — Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 14 Oct. 2022
• The mice also had a heartbeat of around 170 beats per minute.
  — Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 17 Mar. 2021
• But the heartbeat of the show, says McClure, is the sound that provides rhythm and movement to the text.
  — Terry Byrne, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2023
• One guy is the best player on Earth, and the other guy is the Nuggets’ heartbeat.
  — Tony Jones, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
• Charlie Watts was, is, and will always be the heartbeat of the Rolling Stones.
  — Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2021
• Will be the heartbeat of a team that can challenge St. Mary's again for the 4A title.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2021
• Hands raised and backs bent, the dancers moved as one — a visible heartbeat in the center of the hall.
  — Kayla J. Dunn, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
• The idea with the music was world breaking and to give a soul heartbeat of Lucia.
  — Callum McLennan, Variety, 7 Nov. 2023
• Just a few weeks later, Watts, The Stones’ beloved heartbeat, died at age 80.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 29 Dec. 2021
• But the heartbeat, as Huber says, is still the teaching.
  — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2022
• Clayton Kershaw, after all, is still the face of the franchise, the heartbeat of the team.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2022
• To follow the verbs in the poem alone—to have, to slurp, to make, to sound like, to eat—is to listen to the heartbeat of the poem.
  — Rowan Ricardo Phillips, The New Republic, 13 Jan. 2023
• The disease hit her hard the first few days akin to a bad flu and leaving her with a high heartbeat.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2021
• Besides that, Dre’s the heartbeat of our defense, Fred and him.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
• His heart can beat rapidly or stop completely, and his chest can rise and fall in accordance with his heartbeat.
  — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026
• Just to get my heartbeat (up) and get on the treadmill, do a bit of running and weights.
  — Kim Willis, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
• Lavonte David, the heartbeat of the defense, retired after 14 seasons.
  — Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
• At birth, Dylan didn't have a heartbeat for 22 minutes.
  — Kelsie Hoffman, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
• But Ilya and Shane are the heartbeat of this series, of my show.
  — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 19 Apr. 2026