a convulsive movement of the muscles
she gave a convulsive sob.
he disturbed other people with convulsive fidgets.
She experienced convulsive laughter during the comedy show.
The patient had convulsive seizures due to a high fever.
The child's convulsive sobs could be heard throughout the house.
Her convulsive shaking was a result of extreme fear.
The convulsive movements of the dancer added to the intensity of the performance.
He was overcome with convulsive rage at the unfair treatment.
The convulsive reaction of the audience to the plot twist was unexpected.
The convulsive coughing fit left him breathless and weak.
The convulsive shaking of the ground signaled the earthquake's arrival.
Her convulsive sobbing was a release of pent-up emotions.
One can only gently insinuate something else into its convulsive grasp.
He burst into convulsive sobbing, with his face buried in his hands.
By convulsive efforts he got on his feet, staggered, and fell.
He appeared to have the convulsive strength of a man in an epileptic fit.
He jerked his arms and stamped his feet in a kind of convulsive frenzy.
The campaign unfolded over a year so convulsive that the third presidential impeachment in history now seems a distant memory.
No one breathes. With a faint, convulsive effort, the swooning boy drops his arm into the noose.
And now the movements were strangely convulsive.
She saw the convulsive movement of his shoulders.
Convulsive sobs took all nerve out of her utterance.
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