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- verb Present participle of
convulse .
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Examples
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Shut up and do what the nice policeman says or you might wind up on the floor convulsing from the taser.
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My vision fluttered and I fell over in the boat, convulsing from the deafening power of the acoustic weapon.
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Shut up and do what the nice policeman says or you might wind up on the floor convulsing from the taser.
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Everything is teased and brought down to pulsing, sometimes convulsing, laughter.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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That very idea would send them to the ground convulsing with laughter.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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Kunta Boo and I throw ourselves to the ground, convulsing with laughter, unable to finish the story.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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The Guardian saw two women convulsing violently in a makeshift clinic set up in a church courtyard after inhaling gas.
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Luckily, one of the men in the room was on the fire department, and he was now beside Molly, who was still convulsing.
The Quiet Man Erin Zulkoski 2011
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Immediately, she started convulsing and shaking, a small pool of blood forming under her long brown hair, like a bloody halo.
The Quiet Man Erin Zulkoski 2011
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A state worker first found the boy in the front seat of an exterminator's red pickup alongside the busy interstate, convulsing from seizures, dripping in chemicals so toxic they sickened rescue workers.
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