Thesaurus / convulse
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They 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 HEMYNGShe would be thought asleep were it not for the tremors that periodically convulse her frame.
THE IRON TREVET OR JOCELYN THE CHAMPIONEUGNE SUEShe threw back her head, and he saw uncontrollable laughter convulse her beautiful throat.
THE HISTORY OF SIR RICHARD CALMADYLUCAS MALETHe translated Voltaire's Taureau Blanc—a story which used to 'convulse him with laughter.'
THE ENGLISH UTILITARIANS, VOLUME I.LESLIE STEPHENHe could convulse them with merriment by his hesitating utterance as Falstaff of "A shirt—and a half!"
CHARLES DICKENS AS A READERCHARLES KENTSYNONYM OF THE DAY
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
WORDS 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
- aches
- afflicts
- aggrieves
- agonizes
- ails
- anguishes
- annoys
- bites
- chafes
- chastens
- constrains
- convulses
- cuts to the quick
- discomforts
- disquiets
- distresses
- exasperates
- excruciates
- galls
- grieves
- gripes
- harasses
- harms
- harrows
- hits where one lives
- hurts
- inflames
- injures
- irks
- irritates
- nicks
- pricks
- punishes
- racks
- riles
- saddens
- smarts
- stings
- strains
- stresses
- suffers
- throbs
- tingles
- torments
- tortures
- upsets
- vexes
- winds
- worries
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