convulsions

Example Sentences

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While experts predict modest employment numbers, disappointing data could send the market back into convulsions.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 8, 2026

He contracted meningitis as a youth and still suffers from convulsions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

In a coffee shop in Greenland's capital Nuuk, Lykke Lynge looked fondly at her four kids as they sipped their hot chocolate, seemingly oblivious to the world's convulsions.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

The back end of Mr. Bird’s book is a romp through the real-estate convulsions of Asia and the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Despite all the convulsions of history, the Onondaga have kept the council fire burning for Haudenosaunee to this day.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann