be convulsed
Example Sentences
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Ms. Wesley said she had no doubt about the trial’s outcome, even as she worried that her city could once again be convulsed by unrest.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2021
But usually on the third preparation he would strike—and the house would be convulsed.
From Writing for Vaudeville by Page, Brett
His sense of humor was keen, and, between his professional horror of General Temple’s methods and the utter absurdity of the whole thing, he would be convulsed with silent laughter.
From Throckmorton by Seawell, Molly Elliot
“So long as the Old Worm is to be convulsed with wars, so long will the harvest of America continue.”
From The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore
I thank God I have not those straight ligaments or narrow obligations to the world as to dote on life, or be convulsed and tremble at the name of death.
From Sir Thomas Browne and his 'Religio Medici' an Appreciation by Whyte, Alexander
