Example Sentences

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She said she awoke to a frantic Bauer explaining that she had been convulsing on their hotel room bed.

From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2022

For days past, Karandash, a famed Russian clown, had been convulsing Moscow audiences by exploding a small balloon, then explaining, "That is the American Sputnik."

From Time Magazine Archive

Within five years of responsible government Canada solved all the great questions which had been convulsing society for so long, and turned her liberated energies towards economic development.

From The Framework of Home Rule by Childers, Erskine

Their souls were a-wearied through being unable to give utterance to the thoughts and passions that for hours had been convulsing them.

From The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley by Reid, Mayne