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
One member of the House of Commons went so far as to say that, unless their Lordships were peaceably restored, the country might soon be convulsed by a war of the Barons.
From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
Because of this, Juhwerta Mahkai and Ee-ee-toy foresaw that nature would be convulsed and a great flood would come to cover the world.
From Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona by J. William Lloyd
And then suddenly he was nearly minded to turn and run for it, and his features seemed to him to be convulsed.
From The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
His sense of humor was keen, and, between his professional horror of General Temple’s methods and the utter absurdity of the whole thing, he would be convulsed with silent laughter.
From Throckmorton by Molly Elliot Seawell
