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Meanings of galvanic shock in English

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Usage of galvanic shock in English
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He started, in all his deathly longitude, as with a galvanic shock.
A Passionate Pilgrim
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This sound was to Davidson like a galvanic shock to a corpse.
Within the Tides: Tales
3
The mutual galvanic shock might be continued at the next meeting,-andso on.
The American Senator
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But there was that galvanic shock when Nicola touched his hand.
Water, stone, heart
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The mention of Lord Blandamer's name gave a galvanic shock to Westray's flagging attention.
The Nebuly Coat
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They were unimportant, except the last, and that acted upon her like a galvanic shock.
The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney
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All at once Bumpus felt a galvanic shock.
The Boy Scouts on Sturgeon Island; or, Marooned Among the Game-f...
8
Clemence arose suddenly as if she had received a galvanic shock; her frightened eyes met her husband's.
Gerfaut — Volume 4
9
Aroused from a stupor of grief as though she had received a galvanic shock, Evelyn sprang up.
Number Seventeen
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And what he felt was a thrill of wonder, so intense it was a kind of galvanic shock.
Heart-shaped box
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It acted upon him like a galvanic shock; he sprang to his feet and, bewildered, stared after the machine.
A Man and His Money
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With the last words a sort of galvanic shock seemed to be imparted to the rigid figure in the chair.
The Master-Christian
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Her one hope was to be built up to the point of standing a bloodless operation with the galvanic shock.
The Road to Providence
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The old man sat up erect, pallid, and like a corpse which rises under the influence of a galvanic shock.
Les Misérables
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But he knew the handwriting at once; and it gave him a galvanic shock that half sobered him for the moment.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 / A Magazi...
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It opened a new world to them, it operated upon them like a galvanic shock, it kindled the most fervid enthusiasms.
George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings and Philoso...
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