Convulsions
[kən'vʌlʃən]
Examples
- Tom and Miss Ophelia alone seemed to have any presence of mind; for Marie was in strong hysteric convulsions. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- That there was any Fancy in them demanding to be brought into healthy existence instead of struggling on in convulsions? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The barber soaped my face, and then took his razor and gave me a rake that well nigh threw me into convulsions. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He at last fell down in convulsions. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- This his selected task was exchanged for the far different one of encountering the ruin caused by the convulsions of physical nature. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- When I enquired for them, the man to whom I spoke, uttered the word plague, and fell at my feet in convulsions; he also was infected. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Margaret started to her feet,--for she thought, by the working of his face, he was going into convulsions. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- She had been taken with a sudden fright, my mistress said, and master he told us she was in a fit of convulsions. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Convulsions came on; and when they ceased, Mrs. Hale was unconscious. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Even ignorant infancy appeared with timorous shrieks and convulsions to acknowledge the presence of unseen powers. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She had been so wearied out, before that, by the convulsions, that she never stirred hand or foot, or spoke a word to anybody. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The Captain thought so, and raved about her in uncouth convulsions. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Instantly she went into fearful convulsions, and it was with the greatest difficulty that six strong men could hold her. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- With this, Mr. Weller launched into convulsions of laughter, while Sam regarded him with a broad grin gradually over-spreading his whole countenance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I was very fond of stories, and had a choice lot, always kept fresh, with which I could usually throw a man into convulsions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Editor: Rae