He realized she was crying. He could feel her body convulsing with little sobs and her cheek was wet where it brushed his.
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Convulse
/kənˈvʌls/
Synonyms for "convulse" (141 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (70)
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3 entriesCollocations
5 entriesconvulse brieflyconvulse suddenlyconvulse uncontrollablyconvulse violentlyconvulse with fever
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- получавам конвулсии verb (to violently shake)
- треса се verb (to violently shake)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 劇烈震動 /剧烈震动 verb (to violently shake)
Finnish
1 entries- sätkiä verb (to violently shake)
French
1 entries- convulser verb (to violently shake)
German
1 entries- erschüttern verb (to violently shake)
Japanese
1 entries- 振動させる verb (to violently shake)
Manx
1 entries- co-leayst verb (to violently shake)
Portuguese
2 entries- convelir verb (to violently shake)
- convulsionar verb (to violently shake)
Quechua
1 entries- arqhepay verb (to violently shake)
Spanish
2 entries- convulsionar verb (to violently shake)
- crispar verb (to violently shake)
Swedish
2 entries- kikna verb (to violently shake)
- skaka verb (to violently shake)
Turkish
1 entries- sarsmak verb (to violently shake)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The Persian Empire was convulsing with intrigue, revolt, and civil war.
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But while he was convulsing all London with laughter, he was fast falling a victim to consumption.
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