[
UK
/kənvˈʌls/
]
VERB
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contract involuntarily, as in a spasm
The muscles in her face convulsed -
cause to contract
The spasm convulses her facial muscles -
move or stir about violently
The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed -
shake uncontrollably
earthquakes convulsed the countryside -
make someone convulse with laughter
The comedian convulsed the crowd - be overcome with laughter
How To Use convulse In A Sentence
- He remembers his mother convulsed with laughter. Times, Sunday Times
- He convulsed the audience with his funny acts.
- By 1983, protests against the dictatorship by social organizations and the banned political parties convulsed the country.
- There is the convulsed boy foaming at the mouth and the man emerging from the tombs with an unclean spirit.
- He foreread like a placard Jeanne d'Étoiles 'magnificent scheme: it would convulse all Europe. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes
- Then what felt like a surge of electricity convulsed her body. Times, Sunday Times
- The whole world was convulsed over the passing away of the great man.
- At one point the entire audience was so convulsed it looked like a Mexican wave.
- Even before the overture starts, there is a silent ballet, characterised by odd tics and jerks: the eight dancers appear to be convulsed by supernatural forces greater than themselves.
- In the early '90s, the country was really convulsed by the murder rate.
