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

His sensibility displayed itself in the strongest contrasts, and he would be convulsed with laughter or with tears, rapidly interchanged.

From Life of John Keats by Rossetti, William Michael

They need not be convulsed, or writhing, or grimacing; on the contrary, they ought to be quite calm and passionless in their cruel beauty.

From Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions by Lee, Vernon

Adair felt that at any moment the whole island might be convulsed in such a way as to destroy all remaining on it.

From The Three Admirals by Wells, J.R.

I thank God I have not those straight ligaments or narrow obligations to the world as to dote on life, or be convulsed and tremble at the name of death. 

From Sir Thomas Browne and his 'Religio Medici' an Appreciation by Whyte, Alexander