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Meanings of convulsive in English
Usage of convulsive in English
1
It might well be convulsive but the economy is strong enough, just.
2
The horse gave a convulsive stagger and fell dead in the shafts.
3
There are two varieties of the disease, the convulsive and the gangrenous.
4
She cried for a long time, the sobs convulsive but also cathartic.
5
The smaller the societies, the more violent and more convulsive their schisms.
6
Never was the struggle of the administration party so desperate and convulsive.
7
Treatment with ginsenosides dose-dependently attenuated convulsive behavior and the KA-induced mitochondrial effects.
8
She saw his throat working with the convulsive effort to produce sound.
9
One-third have significant to profound physical handicaps, and many have convulsive disorders.
10
Only rarely were convulsive seizures observed in these mice at any age.
11
I clasped his knees; my voice was almost stifled with convulsive sobs.
12
Hector clinched his hands in a convulsive movement of anguish and rage.
13
No sob escaped her lips; there was no convulsive movement of shoulder.
14
But his convulsive fingers seized only the leathern strap of the haversack.
15
Presently, however, she recovered, and sat up with an extraordinary convulsive shudder.
16
Amazement on every face and a convulsive movement in one half-hidden hand.
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Convulsive across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common