be convulsed
Example Sentences
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Ms. Wesley said she had no doubt about the trial’s outcome, even as she worried that her city could once again be convulsed by unrest.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2021
As soon as one begins to be convulsed, several others are affected.
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 by Mackay, Charles
Is England," he said, "to be governed, and is England to be convulsed, by Popkins's plan?
From Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 by Baring, Evelyn
The advocates of free-trade prices ought to be told that France would often be convulsed, literally from want, if this important interest were left to the sole management of dealers.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore
This is the class which maintains an air of portentous solemnity in public ceremonials, and is liable at any moment to be convulsed by a question of precedence at a Government House dinner.
From Australian Writers by Byrne, Desmond
