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Meanings of spasmodic in английском

Affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm.

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        Occurring in spells and often abruptly.

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              Examples for "convulsive"
              Examples for "convulsive"
              1
              It might well be convulsive but the economy is strong enough, just.
              The Irish Times
              2
              The horse gave a convulsive stagger and fell dead in the shafts.
              The Romance of the Coast
              3
              There are two varieties of the disease, the convulsive and the gangrenous.
              Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883
              4
              She cried for a long time, the sobs convulsive but also cathartic.
              Toxic
              5
              The smaller the societies, the more violent and more convulsive their schisms.
              Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
              1
              Results: The common presenting features were spastic limb weakness and back pain.
              Pubmed
              2
              Children with microcephaly had bilateral spastic cerebral palsy; none had normal movements.
              Pubmed
              3
              Plasma biomarkers are needed to guide the genetic testing of spastic paraplegia.
              Pubmed
              4
              Genetically, more than 70 different forms of spastic paraplegias have been characterized.
              Pubmed
              5
              A lolling, spastic idiocy seems to have invaded the space between us.
              The Quiet Earth
              Usage of spasmodic in английском
              1
              The fire in the cooking-stove in the room crackled at spasmodic intervals.
              Men, Women, and Boats
              2
              But there's clearly some code or sequence in their movements, however spasmodic.
              Complete Books of Blood
              3
              All her movements were spasmodic; she was on the verge of hysteria.
              At the Villa Rose
              4
              With his one good arm he shook the child in spasmodic jerks.
              Genellan: planetfall
              5
              A spasmodic shudder shook the heavy body and it began to sink.
              A Man Four-Square
              6
              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
              7
              The teeth opened and shut together again with a sudden spasmodic energy.
              Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia
              8
              The squeaks and a few spasmodic grunts which succeeded them soon ceased.
              On the Banks of the Amazon
              9
              As we walked on we heard the spasmodic crunching of his hoe.
              David Malcolm
              10
              She told her story in a low, spasmodic, and somewhat broken voice.
              Night and Day
              11
              The tommy-gun threw another spasmodic burst at me, way off this time.
              One night stands & lost weekends
              12
              She crumpled the letter with a sudden, spasmodic clenching of her hand.
              Big Timber: A Story of the Northwest
              13
              Coughing and sneezing are sudden and spasmodic expiratory efforts, and generally involuntary.
              The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English / or,...
              14
              Algitha and her sister made spasmodic remarks, and there were long pauses.
              The Daughters of Danaus
              15
              A careless, spasmodic hurrying and retarding leads only to flabbiness and inconsequence.
              Essentials in Conducting
              16
              That all spasmodic cerebral action is an evil is not perfectly clear.
              The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
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              Spasmodic through the time
              Spasmodic across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Less common