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Boutros said that when she heard the news of his death "I don't know what happened to me. I collapsed on the ground and was convulsing".

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

He was convulsing in the toilet area, right by the bunk where one man, who declined to have his name published for fear of retaliation in the jail, had been sleeping.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2022

The first officer that came in contact with the unconscious driver was convulsing and vomiting on the ground.

From Washington Times • Sep. 14, 2020

My body was convulsing, my mind slipping in and out of consciousness with each contraction.

From The Guardian • Jun. 30, 2020

At the time when the abolition of the slave-trade was convulsing England, women contributed more than any other laborers to that great triumph of humanity.

From Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe by Stowe, Harriet Beecher