How to Use spasm in a Sentence

spasm

noun
  • He was racked with coughing spasms.
  • She was suffering spasms of guilt.
  • The stone is the fight with a friend, back spasm, or lost client.
    Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • These spasms can stem from many causes.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 22 Aug. 2025
  • More rarely, Botox treatments are used to ease the painful spasms.
    Erika W. Smith, refinery29.com, 22 Jan. 2020
  • To some of those near us, her spasms were clearly an affront.
    Tom Levenson, Time, 20 May 2026
  • But – the right-hander missed his Game 5 start due to neck spasms.
    Skip Snow, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 30 Oct. 2019
  • The attack comes in the wake of a spasm of violence in skid row.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Howard had some spasms at the end of the first quarter that sent him back to the locker room.
    Rick Bonnell, charlotteobserver, 27 Feb. 2018
  • But who could obtain such a note within hours of waking up with the flu or a back spasm?
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2025
  • No one knows exactly why these spasms happen.
    Sarah Klein, Outside, 23 Feb. 2026
  • There'd been a spasm of school shootings, always somewhere else.
    Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 20 May 2018
  • Calderon is in for George Hill, who won't play again because of back spasms.
    Joe Vardon, cleveland.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Or will the evanescence of your days be marked by the brief spasm of cherry blossoms in bloom?
    Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Witt — who started at shortstop — was removed from the game with low-back spasms.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Reid said right guard Trey Smith would miss the day’s session due to back spasms.
    Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Talk to your doctor if bladder issues or leg spasms are keeping you awake.
    Health, 23 Aug. 2025
  • He was sidelined since April 22 because of back spasms.
    CBS News, 2 May 2026
  • And all of this can mess with the crosstalk between the nerves in your gut and your brain, triggering gut spasms.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The book arrives during a spasm of interest in aliens.
    ABC News, 12 May 2026
  • The workload caused Johnson’s nagging back spasms to crop up.
    Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Napoli, 35, said the hard turf in Toronto only made the back spasms worse.
    Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram.com, 31 May 2017
  • If its reigning dynasty is wrecked by loose bodies or back spasms or a needle stuck in a left knee.
    Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
  • Brazil’s team doctor said a soft mattress may to be blame for star Marcelo’s back spasms.
    Alexandria Hein, Fox News, 28 June 2018
  • So why, in spite of all that, does ‘Old’ still inspire a spasm of retroactive goodwill?
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2021
  • First-round pick Jase Richardson was a late scratch from the contest due to low back spasms.
    Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Right fielder Jung Hoo Lee left the game early with back spasms.
    Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
  • But the web’s answers to a new and persistent spasm in my cheek were worrisome.
    Beth Spotswood, SFChronicle.com, 7 Aug. 2019
  • But his spasms, vexingly, grew more frequent and severe.
    Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Farmer gave up a double to Davis and eventually left the game with left hip spasms.
    George Sipple, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2018

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