How to Use convulse in a Sentence

convulse

verb

• The country was convulsed by war.
• The patient reacted to the medication and began convulsing.
• As the lights shut on and off and alarms blared, an actor appeared onstage and began convulsing.
  — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 27 July 2024
• Should Khamenei die while Iran is convulsed by a protest movement on this scale, the challenge to the clerical system could become existential.
  — Sanam Vakil, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2022
• As her skin turned a darker shade, Sarah screamed and the crowd convulsed around them.
  — Andrew Kenney, The Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2019
• The room convulsed with the feverish music from the gramophone.
  — Charlotte Allen, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2017
• Malachi, then around 18 months old, stopped breathing, convulsed and turned blue with his eyes rolled in the back of his head.
  — Rachel Axon, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2018
• The man, who had epilepsy, hit his head on the concrete floor and began to convulse.
  — Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2021
• The last scene in the skit is of the man on a stretcher convulsing with a stained mouth covered by an oxygen mask.
  — Madeleine Marr, miamiherald, 10 Jan. 2018
• Yemen, one of the poorest countries in the Arab world, has been convulsed by civil strife for more than two years.
  — Saeed Al-Batati and Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2017
• In 1986, a major storm convulsed the region, damaging the dams and shearing soil from the ground.
  — James Glanz, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
• Again, the stock and bond markets were convulsing over the prospects of a British exit from the European Union.
  — Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2017
• In recent years, the state has been convulsed in violence, much of it connected to the drug trade.
  — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
• But the City of Lights and many other parts of France are right now convulsing with violence amid days of fiery protests.
  — Xiaofei Xu, CNN, 24 Mar. 2023
• Joe lauded the kill, but Bonnie watched in horror as the dying bird convulsed.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive.com, 22 June 2019
• Kevin saw Zay, his linebacker and one of Davon’s closest friends, convulse in anguish.
  — Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2021
• Towards the end of the clip, 16-year-old Gain can be seen convulsing on the ground as other teens continue to fight around her.
  — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2024
• Jacqueline rushed out of her room and found Adrian lying on the floor, convulsing.
  — Marla Broadfoot, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
• Her two surviving sons looked right at her, still alive but now convulsing in pain.
  — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
• That night, DeBrodie was found screaming and convulsing on the basement floor.
  — Margaret Stafford, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2018
• Caracas, the capital, has been convulsed by protests since the end of March, when the supreme court usurped the powers of the national assembly.
  — The Economist, 13 July 2017
• An 8-year-old by me is nearly convulsing with finger points.
  — Amos Barshad, WIRED, 8 Aug. 2023
• The Chargers quarterback convulsed in frustration on the field before screaming his way off of it in the third quarter of a 26-24 loss to the Eagles.
  — Dan Woike, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Oct. 2017
• As a result, the territory has been convulsed by protests in recent months.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Oct. 2019
• The manner of Ojeda’s death that day convulsed Puerto Rico.
  — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 24 Aug. 2019
• The distaste for President Trump in his hometown has convulsed into near daily protests across the city.
  — Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2017
• White doctors refused to treat the convulsing child, so by the time Mama made it across town to a Black doctor, the damage was irreversible.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2023
• Sudan has been convulsed by rebellions in its far-flung provinces for decades.
  — NBC News, 3 Aug. 2019
• But the original trip, planned for March, was postponed when France was convulsed in protests over a retirement age increase.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
• On the stage, dancers sat on chairs arranged in a semicircle, convulsing to a rock-and-roll version of a traditional Passover song.
  — Brian Schaefer, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2017

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024