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The war itself, with the temper of society preceding it, can indeed be best described by that very word convulsiveness.

From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Whitman, Walt

His emotion had not the convulsiveness which, with men of his age, is apt to accompany the exhibition of much feeling.

From Idolatry A Romance by Hawthorne, Julian

"Sleep well," said Isabel, kissing her; and as she did so, she thought there was a curious convulsiveness in Jenny's embrace.

From The Romance of Zion Chapel [3d ed.] by Le Gallienne, Richard

They must been very frightened, for never have I seen such convulsiveness.

From Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation by Putnam Weale, B. L. (Bertram Lenox)