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Meanings of convulsive movement in English

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Usage of convulsive movement in English
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Hector clinched his hands in a convulsive movement of anguish and rage.
Beyond The Rocks: A Love Story
2
No sob escaped her lips; there was no convulsive movement of shoulder.
Judith of the Plains
3
Amazement on every face and a convulsive movement in one half-hidden hand.
The Golden Slipper, and Other Problems for Violet Strange
4
Lorrimer gasped feebly, and clutched the bedclothes with a nervous, convulsive movement.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 / A Magazine...
5
With a convulsive movement, she made as if she would go on.
The Swindler and Other Stories
6
Suddenly, with a strong convulsive movement, she flung his hands from her.
A Roman Singer
7
Tears came to her eyes; there was a convulsive movement of the face.
The Letter of the Contract
8
The youth struggled in his bed, and a convulsive movement agitated his limbs.
Derues / Celebrated Crimes
9
The convulsive movement of the poor child's body told me she was weeping.
The Romance of an Old Fool
10
Her voice broke and Merefleet made a convulsive movement towards her.
The Odds / And Other Stories
11
His agonized daughter rose to her feet by a convulsive movement.
Desperate Remedies
12
Her hand touched something wet, and after one convulsive movement she became rigid.
The World Set Free
13
The latter felt his heart lift in a convulsive movement.
The Trespasser
14
Mrs. Lynch caught her throat with a convulsive movement as though something hurt it.
Red-Robin
15
A convulsive movement made by the sick man showed that he was suffering agonies.
Love affairs of the Courts of Europe
16
She caught her breath with a convulsive movement of protest.
The Keeper of the Door
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Convulsive movement through the time
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