She'd like to come up against him again when her heart wasn't thudding.
Her heart thudded once, and seemed actually to stop for a moment before starting to beat again.
My heart was thudding a bit since I had to take one chance in this operation.
Her heart was thudding, but all the same she felt a little relieved.
Her heart was thudding so hard, she wondered if he could hear it.
Her heart thudded so loudly she thought they must hear it as well.
Her heart thudding, she slowly eased herself from his side.
Her heart thudded as she saw an operating table through a glass screen.
Ben could hear his own heart thudding in the silence.
So it'll be a weekend, he thought, and his heart thudded once, hard.