convulse
verb (used with object)
to shake violently; agitate.
convulses
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present tense formof convulse (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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When he eventually explodes into thinking, delivering a monologue of disordered intellectual half-thoughts and rhetorical tics, the stage convulses in Lewis Carroll absurdity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024
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
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
Suddenly his whole body convulses like a windup alarm clock.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2019
The pain spasm convulses as if it is eating away my linings.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
