verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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In 1992, the city was convulsed by rioting and demonstrations.
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She was suddenly convulsed by a hacking cough.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All of us were convulsed with laughter.
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Her feral body takes its own route, grinding, convulsing, swallowing.
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In convulsed countries around the world, too much food donated by well-meaning people feeds murderous gunmen instead of needy families.
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Samuel was convulsed with fury at this new evidence of skulduggery, resolved that no holds would be barred now.
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The area around you began to convulse like an epileptic ward.
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The body convulsed, flopping around the roof in a series of uncoordinated half-somersaults, leaving a trail of blood like footprints.
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The building that had fairly convulsed with activity was now deceased.
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Veins convulse everywhere in my arm, so shot full of liquid I am sure they will burst.