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

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 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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 Seawell, Molly Elliot

I thank God I have not those straight ligaments or narrow obligations to the world as to dote on life, or be convulsed and tremble at the name of death. 

From Sir Thomas Browne and his 'Religio Medici' an Appreciation by Whyte, Alexander

Once again the man's face seemed to be convulsed with horror.

From Havoc by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)