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

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

This winter was the first in years when mass protests did not convulse the country.

From New York Times ● May 7, 2022

He was very thin and perpetually astonished and somewhat gap-toothed, and his manner of talking alone was enough to convulse them, and he enjoyed it.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

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

The planet’s interior, concealed beneath a shroud of mostly hydrogen gas, convulses.

From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2021

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

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

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

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

After the destruction of Tenochtitlan, the Spanish court and intellectual elite were convulsed with argument for a century about whether the conversions were worth the suffering inflicted.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 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

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

From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

She coughed, rolling over, and Kaede helped her up onto her hands and knees, her body convulsing as she spit the water out of her lungs.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo