spasmodic
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Spasmodic dysphonia, a rare neurological condition, in which an abnormality in the brain’s neural network results in involuntary spasms of the muscles that open or close the vocal cords.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024
Spasmodic outbreaks of puckish humor shatter his calm executive mask.
From Time Magazine Archive
Spasmodic flashes of her nature would break out, but at heart she mourned continually.
From Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
It was at the time customary to say that Aytoun had killed the Spasmodic School.
From The Age of Tennyson by Walker, Hugh
Spasmodic attacks were made upon the tariff system throughout the seventies, but since few defended it on principle they failed to affect the public.
From The New Nation by Dodd, William E.
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