as in to shake
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
convulsing with silent laughter as the inept pianist blithely played on
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Recent Examples of convulse
But Danielle was literally convulsing on the floor as you were banished.
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Feb. 2025
In the 1910s, as Russia was being convulsed by the Bolsheviks, Hollywood was turning out the earliest classics by D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, and John Ford.
—Peter Tonguette, National Review, 20 Feb. 2025
Jones convulsed hideously while Archerd stood quietly at his bedside.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
The goat died a day later, according to the affidavit, after convulsing and showing signs of respiratory distress.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Feb. 2025
In the 1910s, as Russia was being convulsed by the Bolsheviks, Hollywood was turning out the earliest classics by D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, and John Ford.
—Peter Tonguette, National Review, 20 Feb. 2025
Jones convulsed hideously while Archerd stood quietly at his bedside.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
The goat died a day later, according to the affidavit, after convulsing and showing signs of respiratory distress.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convulse
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The back-and-forth over tariffs shook confidence in U.S. leadership, exposed fractures within Trump’s team and rattled companies that rely on global sources for products and international customers for sales.—
Time,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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Trump's punishing tariffs have shaken a global trading order that has persisted for decades, raised fears of recession, and driven worldwide stocks sharply downward.—
Joe Cash and Trevor Hunnicutt,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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Most residents in the beachfront luxury condominium at Surfside were asleep in their beds when their 12-story residential building shuddered and then collapsed, pinning sleeping residents between the heavy concrete slabs of each floor.—
Bruce Strom,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Apr. 2025
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Image Wall Street shuddered in response, with early market reaction pointing to a further slide in the stock market and a weakening dollar.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 2025
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The shock of the President Trump tariffs still vibrates through the world.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The vibrating bar also assists with lymphatic drainage, ably contouring, defining, and depuffing the face.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
22 Feb. 2025
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This apparently spooked an SUV driver in the next lane, who jerked the wheel to the left and ran into the opposite curb.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Mar. 2025
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How to jerk off Jerking off, also known as jacking off, is another technique that can be helpful in your arsenal of self-pleasure.—
Quispe López,
Them,
12 Mar. 2025
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Cursor no longer trembles when building pavement and moving the camera in the Hideout building mode.—
Oliver Brandt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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The clip shows the small dog trembling in the passenger seat of Shae's car, looking very weary and wide-eyed.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
23 Mar. 2025
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Five minutes before the show was to start, nine rows of bleachers in a temporary grandstand, hastily assembled, quivered and crashed, swallowing about 600 men, women and children.—
Mike Klingaman,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Jan. 2025
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His signature is shallow stones, which not only increases radiance, but also ensures the jewels move with the body, illustrated by a pair of drop earrings depicting the lifecycle of a flower from quivering bud to tiny, articulated petals that are alive with movement.—
Kate Matthams,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Convulse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convulse. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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