convulse
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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
Frank Santangelo alleges that Adame fled their home as soon as she saw his wife beginning to convulse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
The development is the latest in the controversy surrounding the governor, Riad Salameh, who is being investigated for corruption as an economic meltdown and financial collapse convulse the tiny Mediterranean nation.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
And he stuck his big, ugly tongue out and pretended to convulse.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
The enigmatic trumpets sounded at the film’s beginning re-enter, their meaning now terribly clear; the orchestra convulses and collapses, and Alex marches upstairs, shown in an aerial shot punctuated with doleful timpani.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
When he eventually explodes into thinking, delivering a monologue of disordered intellectual half-thoughts and rhetorical tics, the stage convulses in Lewis Carroll absurdity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024
The smash-hit Broadway show is about a teenager who perpetuates a cruel lie, one that convulses a grieving family.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2021
He screams and convulses when he falls, and sometimes when he wins.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2020
The black heap convulses and then sinks down.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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
Gabriel wrapped his arms around his father’s waist, his small body convulsed with tears: “I love you.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
He had been untouched by the economic crisis that convulsed the rest of the country.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
“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
I stand up, my whole body convulsing with anger.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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