My pulse skipped several beats.

She looked at his hand, and her pulse skipped.

He went through his mail hopefully each day, and his pulse still skipped a beat every time the telephone jangled, although instinct told him there would be no word from Joy.

Her pulse skipped then ramped up.

His pulse skipped a beat and then thundered, and he inhaled deeply.

Margo's pulse skipped another few beats.

Pyanfar's pulse skipped.

His pulse skipped a beat as he realized it wasn't going to be that sort of argument.

Regan's pulse skipped.