paroxysm

Example Sentences

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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

Her team suspects that, before the paroxysm, magma intruded below Nyiragongo’s flank — but then, it waited.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2022

It’s part jazz concert, part public paroxysm, part spiritual communion.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2022

“And not to Iceland. Oh please, your fordship, please . . .” And in a paroxysm of abjection he threw himself on his knees before the Controller.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley