One reason his pulse has been racing is because of good news.

His pulse raced as if he had run since morning.

Her pulse was racing; she wasn't used to physical violence, even in a good cause.

And less still to set any pulses racing - least of all his own.

She took a step back and tried to collect herself, but her pulse raced.

There was something about this man that set her pulses racing.

She was training to be a nurse, and had set more than a few pulses racing.

That is not the sort of venture to set pulses racing.

She spun around, pulse suddenly racing, sure that it was Paul.

It is one where the biggest names in the music world set pulses racing.