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
France could not be convulsed without communicating danger to the very extremities of Europe.
From Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914 by Jones, Edgar R. (Edgar Rees), Sir
As soon as one begins to be convulsed, several others are affected.
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 by Mackay, Charles
The regiment would be convulsed if that were the case.
From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Zola, Émile
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
