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Definition of Convulsing
1. convulse [v] - See also: convulse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Convulsing
Literary usage of Convulsing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"... perhaps the friend of his heart, to chop his head with an axe, and to cast
his body, yet convulsing with the agonies of death, into the water ! ..."
2. History of the French Revolution of 1848 by Alphonse de Lamartine (1849)
"... and defining its position in the face of the world, instead of its madness
convulsing Europe in 1793. The manifesto did not create a single case of war ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"... inviting them to meet in convention at Cleveland, Ohio, on September 17th, "for
consultation on .the momentous issues convulsing the country. ..."
4. The Works of William E. Channing, D.D. by William Ellery Channing (1894)
"The subject cannot influence public affairs but by convulsing the state. With us,
rulers may be changed without the horrors of a revolution. ..."
5. London and Middlesex: Or, An Historical, Commercial, & Descriptive Survey of by Edward Wedlake Brayley, James Norris Brewer, Joseph Nightingale (1815)
"... in convulsing all Europe, has entirely extinguished, except in this happy
island, all those who had the taste, or the power to promote those arts; ..."
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