convulsion

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The remaining two recordings were triggered by sound or motion, but only one suggested that a muscle convulsion, a sign of seizure, had occurred.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024

The country is almost certainly not on the brink of some new transformative convulsion.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2023

A convulsion has shaken America and many other Western democracies over the past few years.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2022

"Jerry Lee Lewis slaughters his rivals," it said, "in a 13-song set that feels like one long convulsion".

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2022

“There has been a convulsion in the earth,” the priest said.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman