noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
irregular
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King's health Hussein was treated in hospital in Amman on June 11-13 for an irregular heartbeat .
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Put simply, cardiac arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat .
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The irregular heartbeat of battle was distant as yet but throbbing closer.
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Two years ago, she was hospitalized because of an irregular heartbeat .
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Large amounts of strong coffee can cause insomnia and, in extreme cases, palpitations and irregular heartbeats .
■ VERB
feel
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Her lips were parted and he could feel her heartbeat against his chest.
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Here is caught and held the free feeling . the very heartbeat of life itself.
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Vincent felt his heartbeat quicken, and tightened his grip on Lily's hand.
hear
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Others seem to hear your heartbeat and remain in a constant state of nervous tension.
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She hears the heartbeat that used to soothe her, feels the breathing that used to rock her.
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She heard her own heartbeat , alarmingly rapid, and she heard the sea in her ears.
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She could hear her own heartbeat , feel her own mouth-drying fear.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A baby's heartbeat is nearly twice as fast as an adult's.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In addition to being the seat of consciousness and awareness, the brain controls heartbeat , breathing, and other life-support systems.
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It opens rather clinically, with a sound-and-vision sequence featuring heartbeats, hospital interiors and instruments and a how-its-done Idiot's Guide.
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Put simply, cardiac arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat .
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She turned her hot face into the pillows and tried to get some sort of control over her heartbeats.
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Within a week, the fetus's heartbeat had returned to normal.