View example sentences, synonyms and word forms for Convulse.
Convulse meaning
To suffer violent involuntary contractions of the muscles, causing one's body to contort. | To be beset by political or social upheaval. | To cause (someone) to suffer such contractions, especially as a result of making them laugh heartily.
Synonyms of Convulse
Example sentences (5)
Other bankers don’t see Ueda as a huge fan of the Kuroda experiment, but he is still expected to unwind things slowly and to avoid a sudden market spike in interest rates that could convulse the economy.
As I reached the point where my shoulders became submerged, my chest started to convulse and I swallowed mouthfuls of bitter water, and very faintly, as if from a great distance, I sensed that I was about to give way.
In April 2021, the "excruciating" pain caused her to "convulse and pass out multiple times" in what she described as a "really traumatic" and "very scary" incident that left her fearing for her life.
Or when the evil growing inside Margaret makes her convulse in the street, the camera remains focused on her but it's handheld, so it shakes with her and makes you cringe in your seat.
The Qur'an says it like this: We have raised mountains on the earth lest it convulse with you.