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Meanings of slight spasm in English

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Usage of slight spasm in English
1
There was a slight spasm in his throat.
The Divine Fire
2
He was in very good humour, very angry, however, with Leopold-hisanger brought on a slight spasm.
A Political Diary, 1828-1830, Volume II
3
At first he felt only a slight spasm, not unlike an irritant unexpectedly striking the stomach lining.
Rain gods
4
A slight spasm passed over Kitty's face.
The Marriage of William Ashe
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A slight spasm crossed her features.
His Family
6
Her face was flushed; one of her hands, that on the coverlet, kept closing itself with a slight spasm.
The Emancipated
7
A slight spasm twisted the smiling lines of the man's mouth, but it was gone and the mouth smiled still.
The Lifted Bandage
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A slight spasm contorted her lips for a mere instant, but she looked down the road again, and answered drearily:
Despair's Last Journey
9
One quick, strong gripe,-thepoor, weak hands were thrown up, a soft gasp and a slight spasm, and it was done.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 / A Magaz...
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A slight spasm shook the slender body, the lips parted, respiration became hurried and broken, the long lashes fluttered on the cheeks.
Red Masquerade: Being the Story of the Lone Wolf's Daughter
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I felt a slight spasm, as it were, in the arm I held, and saw the girl's head turn over her shoulder for a second.
The Professor at the Breakfast-Table
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A fearful pause ensued- aslightspasm- agasp-andallwas over.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
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Slight spasm across language varieties
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