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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
convulse .
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Examples
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As Bahrain wheezes and convulses in its uncertain steps, the gray is slowly emerging more in the reports of those spending at least a little time letting all the senses embrace.
Tom Squitieri: A Lighter Shade of Gray Tom Squitieri 2011
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Is there something that authors and illustrators and publishing employees should be doing right now to best protect their careers as the industry convulses?
What does this make the future look like? Roger Sutton 2009
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Ruthie can feel the licking fire against her bare breasts and stomach as she convulses and vomits.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » CarsonArtist’s Review Forum 2009
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He convulses on the floor as if in the grip of a seizure while adults circle above, apparently attempting to holler the gay out of him.
Sunday Reading 2009
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You shoot me, my finger convulses—your man is dead.
Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011
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Is there something that authors and illustrators ... should be doing right now to best protect their careers as the industry convulses?
What does this make the future look like? Roger Sutton 2009
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Either way, can't you just see the famous scene from 2035's Oscar-winning film, "When Harry Met Sally at The Korova Milk Bar" -- after a nearby female patron convulses in seizures, an older lady with a blue magnesium wig at the next booth tells her waitress, "I'll have what she's having."
Wednesday showdown brewing over Portland water (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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The case of Egypt, as it convulses toward becoming a democracy, is similar and at the same time radically different.
Deepak Chopra: Is The Prophet A Founding Father? Deepak Chopra 2011
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You shoot me, my finger convulses—your man is dead.
Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011
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Her body convulses and she pulls the emergency cored.
Last Stop To Dream 2010
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