On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Convulsive. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as spasmodic or spastic and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Convulsive meaning
- Marked by or having the nature of convulsions.
- Having or producing convulsions.
Using Convulsive
- The main meaning on this page is: Marked by or having the nature of convulsions. | Having or producing convulsions.
- Useful related words include: spasmodic, spastic, unsteady, violent.
- In the example corpus, convulsive often appears in combinations such as: to convulsive, and convulsive.
Context around Convulsive
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Convulsive
- In this selection, "convulsive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, electro, cardiazol, non, therapy, change and presidency stand out and add context to how "convulsive" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and a convulsive motion agitated and are non convulsive. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "convulsive" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with convulsive
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Electro-convulsive therapy is also sometimes used. (7 words)
Toronto: Electro-convulsive Therapy Review Committee, 1985. (7 words)
The remaining 40% of seizures are non-convulsive. (8 words)
Patel’s past proposals, if carried out, would lead to convulsive change for an agency tasked not only with investigating violations of federal law but also protecting the country from terrorist attacks, foreign espionage and other threats. (37 words)
And—as in Magritte's case (where there is no obvious recourse to either automatic techniques or collage)—the very notion of convulsive joining became a tool for revelation in and of itself. (33 words)
Chapter 5, the creature awakened: By the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs. (33 words)
Example sentences (14)
Patel’s past proposals, if carried out, would lead to convulsive change for an agency tasked not only with investigating violations of federal law but also protecting the country from terrorist attacks, foreign espionage and other threats.
I think that this is much more about the end stages of a very, very convulsive presidency, but not about trying to continue it.
Arthur feels ignored by his social worker (Sharon Washington), who prescribes the meds he takes ever since being released from Arkham State Hospital, and covers his pain by convulsive, involuntary laughter.
In a phenotype-based preclinical screen of over 3500 compounds, EPX-100 was identified as a drug that abolished spontaneous seizures and convulsive behavior in a zebrafish model for Dravet Syndrome.
Xi Jinping is presiding over another convulsive transformation, from a smokestack-and-export economy to a high-value-added, consumption-focused economy.
And—as in Magritte's case (where there is no obvious recourse to either automatic techniques or collage)—the very notion of convulsive joining became a tool for revelation in and of itself.
Chapter 5, the creature awakened: By the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.
Electro-convulsive therapy is also sometimes used.
In 1885, Gilles de la Tourette published an account in Study of a Nervous Affliction describing nine persons with "convulsive tic disorder", concluding that a new clinical category should be defined.
I would not trust to convulsive fear the sight of the terrible incision.
The most common type of seizure is convulsive (60%).
The proceedings were published in the American Journal of Psychiatry and, within three years, cardiazol convulsive therapy was being used worldwide.
The remaining 40% of seizures are non-convulsive.
Toronto: Electro-convulsive Therapy Review Committee, 1985.
Common combinations with convulsive
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to convulsive 2×
- and convulsive 2×