Beating
Beating noun - A rhythmic expanding and contracting.
Both words in one sentence
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Although the heart is never technically removed, the beating heart of Draco the dragon in Dragonheart can be revealed by lifting up a flap on his chest so that Bowen can destroy it.
Source: Beat Still, My Heart
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Flap and Beating. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/beating/flap
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