convulsive
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"Kiss me, take my heart, break it again," he sings atop a convulsive electro pulse, as dancers pull him into a transparent "sweat box" that represents the relationship he can't escape.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
John Simpson of the BBC noted recently that “there are years when the world goes through some fundamental, convulsive change.”
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025
Continuous monitoring of child deaths and improvements in health records to track how often these convulsive seizures precede death, he explains, will be needed for this to be confirmed.
From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024
"Such crises are resolved through understanding and reliance on rationality, away from the language of emotion and convulsive populist statements that only produce more crises and tension", Sudani was quoted as telling his cabinet.
From Reuters • Sep. 26, 2023
The effect was galvanizing: his muddied half-chewed tail stirred and he raised his shoulders, then his forelegs, with a convulsive effort, like an old work horse getting up after a fall.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
Vocabulary lists containing convulsive
The Diary of Anne Frank
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The Odyssey
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