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
To read a Mass over him I thought he would, and to be convulsed in the reading it, and some strange thing to have gone out with a great noise through the doorway.
From The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays by Gregory, Lady
One member of the House of Commons went so far as to say that, unless their Lordships were peaceably restored, the country might soon be convulsed by a war of the Barons.
From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
Her whole being seemed to be convulsed in one concentrated desire.
From The Man and the Moment by Glyn, Elinor
Mr. Whitehead seemed to be convulsed with uncontrollable laughter.
From Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches by Baring, Maurice
