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
The advocates of free-trade prices ought to be told that France would often be convulsed, literally from want, if this important interest were left to the sole management of dealers.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore
Her whole being seemed to be convulsed in one concentrated desire.
From The Man and the Moment by Glyn, Elinor
And if both were destroyed, the State would still be convulsed with factions.
From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John
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 Lloyd, J. William
