It was the chance conversation of two men somewhere behind her that came beating suddenly against her closed attention.

The climb was not too long, bringing her out in a room where she stood looking around her with a heart which suddenly beat faster.

Rain suddenly beat against the window, like soft bullets.

The heart is suddenly beating one hundred times a minute.

His heart was suddenly beating hard, and his breath came out short.

My heart was suddenly beating too hard, too fast, as if I'd been running.

A sound like a sigh went up from all the lands about them; and their hearts beat suddenly again.

She turned toward him again, her heart suddenly beating faster.

"Funny you should mention it," I said, my heart suddenly beating hard.