convulse
verb (used with object)
to shake violently; agitate.
have been convulsing
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present perfect progressiveof convulse.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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They started out with the Proposition Troupe in Cambridge, Mass., and for the past six months have been convulsing audiences at half a dozen Manhattan cabarets.
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