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Significados de spasmodic en inglés

Affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm.

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Occurring in spells and often abruptly.

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Uso de spasmodic en inglés
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The fire in the cooking-stove in the room crackled at spasmodic intervals.
Men, Women, and Boats
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But there's clearly some code or sequence in their movements, however spasmodic.
Complete Books of Blood
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All her movements were spasmodic; she was on the verge of hysteria.
At the Villa Rose
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With his one good arm he shook the child in spasmodic jerks.
Genellan: planetfall
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A spasmodic shudder shook the heavy body and it began to sink.
A Man Four-Square
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At nine o'clock the spasmodic patter of rifles was heard in front.
Who Goes There? / The Story of a Spy in the Civil War
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The teeth opened and shut together again with a sudden spasmodic energy.
Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia
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The squeaks and a few spasmodic grunts which succeeded them soon ceased.
On the Banks of the Amazon
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As we walked on we heard the spasmodic crunching of his hoe.
David Malcolm
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She told her story in a low, spasmodic, and somewhat broken voice.
Night and Day
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The tommy-gun threw another spasmodic burst at me, way off this time.
One night stands & lost weekends
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She crumpled the letter with a sudden, spasmodic clenching of her hand.
Big Timber: A Story of the Northwest
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Coughing and sneezing are sudden and spasmodic expiratory efforts, and generally involuntary.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English / or,...
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Algitha and her sister made spasmodic remarks, and there were long pauses.
The Daughters of Danaus
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A careless, spasmodic hurrying and retarding leads only to flabbiness and inconsequence.
Essentials in Conducting
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That all spasmodic cerebral action is an evil is not perfectly clear.
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
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