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

And then suddenly he was nearly minded to turn and run for it, and his features seemed to him to be convulsed.

From The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

France could not be convulsed without communicating danger to the very extremities of Europe.

From Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914 by Jones, Edgar R. (Edgar Rees), Sir

Because of this, Juhwerta Mahkai and Ee-ee-toy foresaw that nature would be convulsed and a great flood would come to cover the world.

From Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona by Lloyd, J. William

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