convulsion

Example Sentences

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Add to that the political convulsions in Haiti from the still-unsolved assassination last month of President Jovenel Moïse, plus the impoverished Caribbean country’s own history of purloined, misused or missing aid.

From New York Times

“The very day I arrived back in the Serengeti, one of our long-term study animals started having convulsions in a very shallow pond,” he remembers.

From New York Times

Not only has it been linked to convulsions, lethargy and disorientation; it can impede researchers' ability to conduct clinical trials.

From Salon

You can feel their pressure encouraging the photographers to look at people with renewed wonder, stripped of outmoded indicators of social standing, vibrant with the static of society’s wider convulsions.

From Washington Post

I was startled by the depth of my sorrow, the convulsion of tears released with each hug.

From Salon