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convulsion

[kuhn-vuhl-shuhn] / kənˈvʌl ʃən /




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The remaining two recordings were triggered by sound or motion, but only one suggested that a muscle convulsion, a sign of seizure, had occurred.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024

"She went into a full-on convulsion," Ms Andrews said.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2023

In the middle of this convulsion, Ms. de Bonafini’s life was turned upside down.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2022

A convulsion has shaken America and many other Western democracies over the past few years.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2022

He kept hacking into a large checkered handkerchief, and every cough was like a convulsion.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus




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