paroxysm
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And when the stormy morning after arrives, each peal of thunder sends Julia into a paroxysm of nerves that flings her around like a handkerchief caught in a stiff breeze.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
But unlike this upcoming paroxysm, that eruption was in a remote location.
From National Geographic • Nov. 13, 2023
In McPherson’s account, Northern support for Brown’s cause “provoked a paroxysm of anger more intense than the original reaction to the raid.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2023
There was a time, I assume, when people were less freaked out about this, but maybe the Victorians destroyed that and left us in this paroxysm that we can't get out of.
From Salon • May 22, 2022
But when that bill came—the fiddler’s bill—that bill for the tea, it was so much heavier than anyone expected, Boston was thrown into a paroxysm of anger and despair.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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