convulse

Example Sentences

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The man’s eyes rolled back in his head and he started convulsing.

From Salon

Last week, after Oracle reported unexpectedly high capital expenditures on chips, networking equipment and other infrastructure, the bond market convulsed, raising the cost of capital for many large tech companies.

From The Wall Street Journal

A random shiver goes through my body, making me convulse for a second; then it’s gone.

From Literature

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

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

From Los Angeles Times