be convulsed
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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
They need not be convulsed, or writhing, or grimacing; on the contrary, they ought to be quite calm and passionless in their cruel beauty.
From Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions by Vernon Lee
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 Arnold Bennett
This is the class which maintains an air of portentous solemnity in public ceremonials, and is liable at any moment to be convulsed by a question of precedence at a Government House dinner.
From Australian Writers by Desmond Byrne
And if both were destroyed, the State would still be convulsed with factions.
From Ancient States and Empires by John Lord
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