Convulsively

Examples

• Briggs seized it mechanically, gasped it down convulsively, moaned a little, and began to play with the chicken on her plate. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• For a moment his muscles stiffened and relaxed convulsively, then he lay still. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The ground, heaving convulsively, hurled every one to the ground, including Maurice and his band, who were just beyond the entrance of the tunnel. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I s'pose I can bar it as well as any on 'em, he added, while something like a sob and a sigh shook his broad, rough chest convulsively. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Her thin bosom shrugged convulsively. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• And the poor creature threw herself into a chair, and sobbed convulsively. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She moved convulsively, recoiling away from him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Even while the words were on his lips, the ground began to shake convulsively, and with a cry, Helena fell back in the boat in a dead faint. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• He grasped my shoulder convulsively, and, striking his breast with the other hand, made a desperate attempt to articulate. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• And it made him smile, as she shrank convulsively between his hands, violently, when he must throw her into the air. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Friend and foe stood alike pallid with fear, as the ground began to shake convulsively, and the whole host looked as though turned into stone. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• His two eyes shone like stars, and his features were working convulsively. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Force of police arriving, he recognized in them the conspirators, and laid about him hoarsely, fiercely, staringly, convulsively, foamingly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

Typist: Maxine