convulsed
past simple and past participle ofconvulse
convulse
verb[IorT]
uk/kənˈvʌls/us/kənˈvʌls/to (causeto)shakeviolentlywithsuddenuncontrolledmovements:
to convulsewithpain
Arackingcoughconvulsed herwholebody.
Making short, sudden movements
- aquiver
- convulse
- convulsion
- convulsive
- cringe
- flick
- jerkiness
- jerky
- jig
- jiggle
- jiggly
- pull away
- quiver
- shrink
- shudder
- squirm
- tremulous
- whip
- worry atsomething
- wriggle
Idiom
be convulsed with laughter, rage, etc.
Examplesofconvulsed
convulsed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
When she smiles or sings her mouth is drawn up to her ear, with a look of a personconvulsedwith pain.
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It is said that it is difficult to learn to bicycle on a plain constantlyconvulsedwith earthquakes.
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It is impossible for trade and industry to continue if the medium in which they are conducting their negotiations is constantlyconvulsedby financial earthquakes.
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He may beconvulsedwith laughter because he has either been looking at the wrong accounts or making the wrong calculation on the capital assets.
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In tests, caged foxesconvulsed, retched and showed obvious signs of distress before death occurred—but that is all right to those who want a ban.
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The county council's proposals haveconvulsedthe local communities.
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A whole half of the world isconvulsedby revolutionary change.
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I refer to the whole frenetic desire for constitutional and institutional reform which hasconvulsedthe politics of this country for the past two years.
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We do not know what will be the state of the world, whether it will beconvulsedor calm.
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Europe wasconvulsedfor generations by the conflict of religion.
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Although his windpipe was torn and obstructed by his destroyed larynx, the condemned man continued with rasping breaths andconvulsedon the rope.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.But this becoming, what labors will attend the change, howconvulsedwith birth-pangs!
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Five of the subjectsconvulsed, and the others recovered when returned to normal pressure following the appearance of acute symptoms.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Occasionally, the victim hadconvulsedfor an hour or two after the rope trick before dying.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Simultaneously, the earth we embraced so dependentlyconvulsedin violent paroxysm.
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