How to Use spasm in a Sentence

spasm

noun

• He was racked with coughing spasms.
• She was suffering spasms of guilt.
• 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
• 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
• Even before the back spasms, Tucker was having his worst season by far.
  — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 24 June 2026
• Scherzer is now on the IL with back spasms, still trying to will his way back to his old self.
  — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 19 June 2026