fast-beating

He came at once, pressing himself against my legs, sending the vibrations of his fast-beating heart through me.

Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

He came at once, pressing himself against my legs, sending the vibrations of his fast-beating heart through me.

Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

With a fast-beating heart, Ki-Gor stepped past the gorilla-men, his eyes darting from side to side.

The Green-Eyed Shwemyethna 2010

He came at once, pressing himself against my legs, sending the vibrations of his fast-beating heart through me.

Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

Sitting cross-legged in a corner of the earth-packed floor with Trisha — Lettie — lying across her lap and her Maine coon cat, Jefferson Davis, cowering beneath her full skirts, Maggie felt the thunder of exploding shells and striking artillery shake the house from rafters to foundation, resonating in her breast along with her fast-beating heart.

The Haunting Tarr, Hope 2007

Cars passed and fast-beating windshield wipers melted the faces of the drivers under sheets of water.

Their Dogs Came With Them Helena María Viramontes 2007

Hearing him say that made Nudge feel as though a cold fist gripped her fast-beating heart.

Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports Patterson, James, 1947- 2007

Hearing him say that made Nudge feel as though a cold fist gripped her fast-beating heart.

Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports Patterson, James, 1947- 2007

The maddening joy, that only a second before she thought herself incapable of containing within her fast-beating heart, died out, and left her shivering in the old anguish of physical pain that she had suffered once before at the sight of

Almayer's Folly 2006

He touched a finger to the fast-beating pulse at the hollow beneath her throat.

Purchased By The Billionaire Bianchin, Helen 2006