be convulsed

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

I have heard many of the traditions which are very current, but all such hyperboles, that were I to give one, the reader would be convulsed with laughter.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 277, October 13, 1827 by Various

It is better than to be convulsed with vulgar and excessive fear.

From Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra by Ware, 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

As soon as one begins to be convulsed, several others are affected.

From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 by Mackay, Charles