convulsion
Example Sentences
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While experts predict modest employment numbers, disappointing data could send the market back into convulsions.
From MarketWatch
He contracted meningitis as a youth and still suffers from convulsions.
From Los Angeles Times
Novo is in convulsions amid a dramatic selloff that started in the middle of last year, the company has recently shed its CEO and all of the independent directors on its board.
From Barron's
The back end of Mr. Bird’s book is a romp through the real-estate convulsions of Asia and the U.S.
A more severe and concerning case can cause neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, vision loss, numbness, or paralysis.
From Los Angeles Times
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