convulse

The author organizes shocks into three categories that will resonate with readers who have watched the world economy convulse in the past year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 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

This winter was the first in years when mass protests did not convulse the country.

From New York Times ● May 7, 2022

The phone rang and I felt my nerves convulse.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

The enigmatic trumpets sounded at the film’s beginning re-enter, their meaning now terribly clear; the orchestra convulses and collapses, and Alex marches upstairs, shown in an aerial shot punctuated with doleful timpani.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

When he eventually explodes into thinking, delivering a monologue of disordered intellectual half-thoughts and rhetorical tics, the stage convulses in Lewis Carroll absurdity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024

Under the direction of Kenny Leon — a longtime Broadway hand here masterminding the best production of his career — the fierce rivalry and protectiveness binding this Lincoln and Booth convulses in a shattering denouement.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2022

The planet’s interior, concealed beneath a shroud of mostly hydrogen gas, convulses.

From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2021

He convulses then, jerks and judders, jolts and twists and writhes, so much that the whole earth shakes.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

Both groups awaited a council vote on a question that has convulsed this seaside city.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

The markets convulsed upon reading the Bank of England's decision to put rates on hold.

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026

In 2001, I was a college freshman at New York University, and watched as the twin towers fell and the country convulsed in fear and rage.

From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2026

The cases stem from the aftermath of huge, sometimes violent pro-democracy protests that convulsed Hong Kong from 2019.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

We were convulsed with hysterics at the thought of our hippie asking Mr. Kasigi to convert the water fountains to Gatorade, and to erect a bullfighting stadium in the parking lot.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

At about 3am one morning in May, Bamita Markam began convulsing.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

“I’m not feeling so well,” he said, before sliding down and convulsing.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

Boutros said that when she heard the news of his death "I don't know what happened to me. I collapsed on the ground and was convulsing".

From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026

The man’s eyes rolled back in his head and he started convulsing.

From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026

Two days after my operation, my temperature soared to 106 and I started convulsing.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals