convulse

The author organizes shocks into three categories that will resonate with readers who have watched the world economy convulse in the past year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Then Hipolito’s body began to convulse — a possible seizure.

From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026

I’m well past that point; some of his stories and novels I’ve read dozens, even hundreds of times, and they can still make me convulse in laughter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025

Armies can move on your words; markets can convulse; diplomacy can unravel.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2022

His throat tried to throw it back up, his whole body seemed to convulse with it, but his stomach took it, held it, and demanded more.

From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen

Under the direction of Kenny Leon — a longtime Broadway hand here masterminding the best production of his career — the fierce rivalry and protectiveness binding this Lincoln and Booth convulses in a shattering denouement.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2022

He could not conceive of going on as normal as the nation convulses, he said, and started searching for a way to help bring the county back together.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2019

Suddenly his whole body convulses like a windup alarm clock.

From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2019

Tension convulses the picture whenever Ève, a disaffected teen played with breathtaking poise by Harduin, finds herself alone with her baby brother.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2017

Sweat drips down my face and chin as my stomach convulses.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

Both groups awaited a council vote on a question that has convulsed this seaside city.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

In 2001, I was a college freshman at New York University, and watched as the twin towers fell and the country convulsed in fear and rage.

From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2026

The cases stem from the aftermath of huge, sometimes violent pro-democracy protests that convulsed Hong Kong from 2019.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

In late September 2008, as the world and Britain especially was convulsed by its biggest ever financial crisis, the Conservative Party published an obscure pamphlet titled "Reconstruction".

From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025

It was an intricate stew of truths and mirages that convulsed the ghost of José Arcadio Buendía under the chestnut tree with impatience and made him wander all through the house even in broad daylight.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“I’m not feeling so well,” he said, before sliding down and convulsing.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

One of her frustrations is the "lack of knowledge" about epilepsy among employers and it is not just "flashing lights, on the floor, convulsing".

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

Boutros said that when she heard the news of his death "I don't know what happened to me. I collapsed on the ground and was convulsing".

From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026

Last December, a Unitree bot fell over and started convulsing at a demonstration, drawing online mockery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

Two days after my operation, my temperature soared to 106 and I started convulsing.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals