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Meanings of
paroxysm
in English
A sudden uncontrollable attack.
fit
convulsion
Synonyms
Examples for "
fit
"
fit
convulsion
Examples for "
fit
"
1
They deserve modern,
fit
-
for
-
purpose
facilities that support high quality services, he said.
2
His answer was simple: Your values alignment and
fit
within our culture.
3
They also raised the issue of where victims
fit
into the process.
4
He had asked questions about whether current laws were
fit
for purpose.
5
Photo: Supplied Navi says it's a good
fit
for the corporate market.
1
The area covered by the
convulsion
was 1000 English miles in circumference.
2
They found the religious world at Geneva in a state of
convulsion
.
3
One leg was twisted round the fork, probably in a dying
convulsion
.
4
The hour is approaching when the most great
convulsion
will have appeared.
5
Here comes nothing, he thought as the
convulsion
swept up his gullet.
Usage of
paroxysm
in English
1
He did not know that the final
paroxysm
was yet to come.
2
The girl staggered back and sank in a
paroxysm
to the floor.
3
Johnson mentions rupture of the left ventricle in a
paroxysm
of epilepsy.
4
She flung herself in a
paroxysm
of anger out of the room.
5
It was in this
paroxysm
of passion that my master met him.
6
He flung it, in a
paroxysm
of mad fury, into the fire.
7
The master lifted her gently and waited for the
paroxysm
to pass.
8
His desire of life tormented him in a
paroxysm
of agonising remorse.
9
René de Montigny stared at his interlocutor in a
paroxysm
of amazement.
10
He threw his head back as if in a
paroxysm
of pain.
11
The
paroxysm
lasted for several minutes and then she fainted once more.
12
And now the nurse was seized by a very
paroxysm
of mirth.
13
This evening I am suffering under a severe
paroxysm
of the headache.
14
Then the
paroxysm
passed and he took up his restless movements again.
15
A momentary
paroxysm
seemed to shake the very foundations of his being.
16
At that the irrepressible Hicks went off into another
paroxysm
of mirth.
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About this term
paroxysm
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
first paroxysm
fresh paroxysm
new paroxysm
violent paroxysm
sudden paroxysm
More collocations
Paroxysm
through the time
Paroxysm
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common