convulsions

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Convulsions of kinetic energy, their existences instantaneous, their deaths unmarked.

From Nature • Apr. 9, 2019

Convulsions are spreading beyond corporate debt with dealers restricting trading in bonds tied to skyscrapers, shopping malls and other types of property, according to Ellington Management Group LLC.

From BusinessWeek • Oct. 5, 2011

Convulsions, cyanotic tongue and gums, protruding eyes, sardonic smile.

From Time Magazine Archive

Convulsions, havock, intrigue, were leading up to one of the biggest events that a newspaper ever covered: the fall of the Bastille and the beginning of the French Revolution.

From Time Magazine Archive

Convulsions made the man dance flappingly all the time, made him change his expressions, too, as though he were trying to imitate various famous movie stars.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut