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

And if both were destroyed, the State would still be convulsed with factions.

From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John

There were now indications that all Italy would be convulsed with a repetition of the old struggle.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard

And then suddenly he was nearly minded to turn and run for it, and his features seemed to him to be convulsed.

From The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Adair felt that at any moment the whole island might be convulsed in such a way as to destroy all remaining on it.

From The Three Admirals by Wells, J.R.