convulse

Example Sentences

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Oil markets could convulse if Tehran disrupted Gulf shipping.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

Then Hipolito’s body began to convulse — a possible seizure.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026

Frank Santangelo alleges that Adame fled their home as soon as she saw his wife beginning to convulse.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

His new hour did not get picked up by any major platform, but you can watch it free on YouTube and, if you’re like me, convulse with laughter.

From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2023

He was very thin and perpetually astonished and somewhat gap-toothed, and his manner of talking alone was enough to convulse them, and he enjoyed it.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara