convulse
verb (used with object)
to shake violently; agitate.
were convulsing
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past progressiveof convulse.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Dr. Anyaji Prince Chinedu said five families brought in small children who were convulsing and vomiting on his first day at the Yargalma town dispensary.
From BusinessWeek ● Dec. 21, 2010
For some years, however, the coasts of the Philippines were threatened by English vessels, and there was reflected here in the Far East the tremendous conflicts which were convulsing Europe at this time.
From A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows
Earthquake throes were convulsing the tarpaulin; a tinker woman, full of zeal, dashed at it and flung it back, revealing, amongst other débris, an old wooden bedstead heaped with rags.
From All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville
I stopped, for bliss and love were convulsing her with sobs until you might have supposed her heart was breaking.
From Aylwin by Theodore Watts-Dunton
Her exclamations on everything she saw were convulsing.
From Bambi by Marjorie Benton Cooke
