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pulse-pounding

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    WOTD – 30 June 2018

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    pulse-pounding (comparativemorepulse-pounding,superlativemostpulse-pounding)

    1. Thatincreases theheartbeatrate, especially as a result ofexcitement orfear.
      Synonyms:exciting,terrifying;see alsoThesaurus:exciting,Thesaurus:frightening
      Antonyms:boring,dull,uninteresting;see alsoThesaurus:boring
      • 1967 September, “Announcing … The Big Ten[advertisement]”, in Robert G. Forman, editor,The Michigan Alumnus, volume LXXIV, number 1, Ann Arbor, Mich.:Alumni Association of the University of Michigan,→ISSN,→OCLC,page30:
        All the thrills, chills and spills ofpulse-pounding sport adventure![] 150,000 words of thrill-packed sports text gives you thepulse-pounding story … how the Big Ten grew from a small-time bunch of upstart Westerners into the nation's mightiest collegiate conference …
      • 1991 February 14,Peter Travers, “The Silence of the Lambs [film review]”, inRolling Stone[1], archived fromthe original on5 December 2017:
        The superbly crafted suspense thriller that directorJonathan Demme has made fromThomas Harris's taut best-selling novelThe Silence of the Lambs slams you like a sudden blast of bone-chilling,pulse-pounding terror.
      • 2003, W. C. Leadbeater, “Return of the Dread Mutant Killer Glaucoma”, inThe Mind-warp Era: A Novel, Lincoln, Neb.:iUniverse,→ISBN,page114:
        Suddenly a great, dark shadow passed between thepulse-pounding blasts and my miry form. I saw in astonishment that Nekbael flew along the dim hallway on monstrous bat wings. The demon vampire ripped thepulse-pounding beamer from the hands of the evil pimp.
      • 2017 October 27, Alex McLevy, “Making a Killing: The Brief Life and Bloody Death of the Post-Scream Slasher Revival”, inThe A.V. Club[2], archived fromthe original on5 March 2018:
        Kevin Williamson’s script justly deserves praise for its cleverness and tactic of treating the audience like it was in on the joke, but ultimately, it was[Wes] Craven’s ability to still deliver apulse-pounding horror flick and ideal date movie that drove the film so far into the black.

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    that increases the heartbeat ratesee alsoexciting,‎terrifying
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