as in shaking
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
convulsing with silent laughter as the inept pianist blithely played on
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Recent Examples of convulsing
Samantha Rappaport,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
Isabel Debre,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
When Pinatubo started convulsing and belching steam in April of that year, scientists from the United States and the Philippines deployed an array of instruments that tracked the volcano’s inner tumult.
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Quanta Magazine,
8 May 2026
The drug war violence convulsing Mexico also takes a toll on environmental activists, many from indigenous communities.
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CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
Curry’s body began convulsing and twitching with increasing severity, consistent with him sustaining a traumatic brain injury from being punched in the face, documents state.
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Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
In the video, she's seen convulsing as her body reacts in shock.
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Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
8 Dec. 2025
And Reino and his partner in comedy, Jessica McKenna do stupid and impressive extremely well — a combination that has their fans showing up in droves and convulsing with laughter.
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Frank Digiacomo,
Billboard,
17 Nov. 2025
The Testament of Ann Lee, a staggering, surreal musical charting the rise of the 18th-century religious sect the Shakers and their titular leader, as embodied by a wild-haired, convulsing Amanda Seyfried.
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Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
1 Sep. 2025
His long gray beard flows in convulsing waves to his shoulders.
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Alfredo Sosa,
Christian Science Monitor,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
Hundreds of pages of incident reports paint a disturbing picture — a 12-year-old convulsing after apparently swallowing an unknown object, a 15-year-old cutting a large gash in her arm with pieces of a broken toilet, residents stabbing staffers with wooden shards from a broken bed frame.
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Samantha Rappaport,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
Verb
Now, 11 years after the first Ni Una Menos protest created a collective consciousness about what would come to be known as femicide — the killing of women and girls because of their gender — the nation is convulsing with anger once again.
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Isabel Debre,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
When Pinatubo started convulsing and belching steam in April of that year, scientists from the United States and the Philippines deployed an array of instruments that tracked the volcano’s inner tumult.
—
Quanta Magazine,
8 May 2026
The drug war violence convulsing Mexico also takes a toll on environmental activists, many from indigenous communities.
—
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
Curry’s body began convulsing and twitching with increasing severity, consistent with him sustaining a traumatic brain injury from being punched in the face, documents state.
—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
In the video, she's seen convulsing as her body reacts in shock.
—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
8 Dec. 2025
And Reino and his partner in comedy, Jessica McKenna do stupid and impressive extremely well — a combination that has their fans showing up in droves and convulsing with laughter.
—
Frank Digiacomo,
Billboard,
17 Nov. 2025
The Testament of Ann Lee, a staggering, surreal musical charting the rise of the 18th-century religious sect the Shakers and their titular leader, as embodied by a wild-haired, convulsing Amanda Seyfried.
—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
1 Sep. 2025
His long gray beard flows in convulsing waves to his shoulders.
—
Alfredo Sosa,
Christian Science Monitor,
27 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convulsing
Noun
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Nearly 2,000 people are confirmed dead, with tens of thousands still missing following the tremors.
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Many remain unwilling to return to homes that survived the initial earthquakes but may now be structurally compromised by the continuing tremors.
Verb
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Right now, that faith is shaking as a wave of cruelty sweeps through our communities.
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With more shaking or churning, these grains grow and separate from the watery, naturally low-fat buttermilk.
Noun
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Getting approval for the drug in Alzheimer’s agitation may be an even bigger deal.
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Symptoms can escalate quickly and may include agitation, blurred vision, seizures and in severe cases, death.
Verb
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Watching their relationship devolve (never more so than when their sperm donor, a rakish, motorcycle-driving restaurant owner played by Mark Ruffalo, enters the scene) is most definitely a tear-jerking experience, as is the film’s final scene.
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Some were petty — like Reese committing a foul against Clark, then jerking her head back, impersonating Clark as a flopper.
Noun
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Decades of Hollywood empire-building ended with a quake in 2017 when Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch decided to sell much of his Fox entertainment holdings amid the rise of Netflix and other tech giants.
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And six days after the quakes, rescuers brought out a toddler alive—a reminder that hope in these operations is not a sentiment but a procedure, sustained one careful excavation at a time.
Verb
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A lot of people are upset by the notion of bringing cage fights to the White House, shuddering at the bad taste of it all.
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Design practices Not knowing ahead of time what lunar explorers may face is an unsure, shuddering proposition.
Noun
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The metal-and-glass construction gives it a more elevated look than its price might suggest, while the color combinations add a cheerful, almost retro jolt to a shelf, side table, or countertop.
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Takeoff and landing are when many aviation incidents occur—they’re considered the most critical phases of a flight and when an aircraft is most vulnerable to sudden, unexpected jolts of motion.
Verb
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Located on the street level of the Harbor Boulevard complex, the new shop gives dessert-loving denizens another place to pick up the quivering treat.
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Johnston plays poor Bear as a quivering mess wracked with guilt that this monster — who used to be his friend — is the result of his own terrible decision-making.
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“Convulsing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convulsing. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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