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
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
She seemed to be convulsed by some demoniac power; a ghastly dream seemed to have seized her in a moment of higher consciousness.
From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson
Mr. Whitehead seemed to be convulsed with uncontrollable laughter.
From Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches by Baring, Maurice
France could not be convulsed without communicating danger to the very extremities of Europe.
From Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914 by Jones, Edgar R. (Edgar Rees), Sir
