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 country continued to be convulsed by the wars between the generals of Alexander, and fell into the hands, alternately, of the Syrian and Egyptian kings—successors of the generals of the great conqueror.

From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John

And if both were destroyed, the State would still be convulsed with factions.

From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John

At such times he would fancy that his mother had died, and he would be convulsed with sorrow, breaking unexpectedly into a rousing college song.

From The Great White Tribe in Filipinia by Gilbert, Paul T. (Paul Thomas)

She seemed to be convulsed by some demoniac power; a ghastly dream seemed to have seized her in a moment of higher consciousness.

From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson