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

He was of grave and sober demeanor, and never smiled, even while causing his hearers to be convulsed with laughter.

From Friends, though divided A Tale of the Civil War by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

I have no doubt that even now the learned judge is strenuously preparing his inimitable flashes of humour, and that, like the rest of the world, I should allow myself to be convulsed by them.

From The Great Adventure by Bennett, Arnold

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.

At such times he would fancy that his mother had died, and he would be convulsed with sorrow, breaking unexpectedly into a rousing college song.

From The Great White Tribe in Filipinia by Gilbert, Paul T. (Paul Thomas)