Thesaurus / convulse
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Multiple witnesses said Grant convulsed and vomited during the process.
RICHARD GLOSSIP HAS EATEN THREE LAST MEALS ON DEATH ROW. YEARS LATER, THE STATE IS STILL TRYING TO EXECUTE HIM.BY ZIVA BRANSTETTERJULY 24, 2022PROPUBLICAThe last man who died by lethal injection in Oklahoma, John Marion Grant, convulsed and vomited for several minutes following the administration of a sedative on October 28 — only heightening concerns about lethal injection practices.
OKLAHOMA WILL NOT EXECUTE JULIUS JONES, BUT THE OUTCOME SHOULD STILL TROUBLE YOUJAMIL SMITHNOVEMBER 18, 2021VOXOklahoma broke a six-year moratorium on executions Thursday in grisly fashion as the prisoner put to death convulsed and vomited as he died.
INMATE CONVULSES AND VOMITS IN FIRST OKLAHOMA EXECUTION IN SIX YEARSBLAKE MONTGOMERYOCTOBER 29, 2021THE DAILY BEASTThe inmate, John Marion Grant, reportedly died while vomiting and convulsing after being given the lethal injection.
OKLAHOMA GOV. COMMUTES JULIUS JONES’ DEATH SENTENCE. HERE'S WHAT TO KNOWJOSIAH BATESSEPTEMBER 22, 2021TIMEThey began defacing government websites in September 2020, a simple but highly visible act of protest that got them attention as the country convulsed in turmoil.
HACKERS ARE TRYING TO TOPPLE BELARUS’S DICTATOR, WITH HELP FROM THE INSIDEPATRICK HOWELL O'NEILLAUGUST 26, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWShe watched helplessly when her newborn convulsed with seizures.
WHEN BIRTHS GO HORRIBLY WRONG, FLORIDA PROTECTS DOCTORS AND FORCES FAMILIES TO PAY THE PRICEBY CAROL MARBIN MILLER AND DANIEL CHANG, MIAMI HERALDAPRIL 8, 2021PROPUBLICA"You positively convulse me, you're so very humorous," said Robinson, without a vestige of a smile.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLWhen anger, avarice, and concupiscence convulse the peace of thy soul, look up to this star and call on Mary.
MARY, HELP OF CHRISTIANSVARIOUSIn a moment he could melt a popular audience to tears or convulse it with laughter.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL.III.E. FARR AND E. H. NOLANAt that moment he felt an electric thrill convulse her frame, followed by a complete stillness.
JACK HARKAWAY'S BOY TINKER AMONG THE TURKSBRACEBRIDGE HEMYNGWORDS RELATED TO CONVULSE
- ache
- afflict
- aggrieve
- agonize
- ail
- anguish
- annoy
- bite
- chafe
- chasten
- constrain
- convulse
- cut to the quick
- discomfort
- disquiet
- distress
- exasperate
- excruciate
- gall
- grieve
- gripe
- harass
- harm
- harrow
- hit where one lives
- hurt
- inflame
- injure
- irk
- irritate
- nick
- prick
- punish
- rack
- rile
- sadden
- smart
- sting
- strain
- stress
- suffer
- throb
- tingle
- torment
- torture
- upset
- vex
- worry
- wound
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