convulsing 1 of 2

present participle of convulse

convulsing

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noun

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Recent Examples of convulsing
Noun
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convulsing
Verb
  • Weak to light shaking was detected, and people in multiple cities - such as Huntington Beach, Winchester, Menifee and Sun City - reported feeling the tremor, according to the USGS DYFI report.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Homes of political party members and state buildings were ransacked or set ablaze, shaking investor confidence in the Southeast Asian economy and triggering a steep selloff on its stocks and currency markets on Friday.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Weak shaking was observed in Glenbrook and the surrounding area, where several residents reported experiencing the tremor, according to the USGS DYFI report.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Residents of the Nurgal district of Kunar have left their homes to live in tents, on the surrounding high land near a river, or in the open, for fear of more tremors.
    Mohammad Yunus Yawar, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The story follows a Jewish family across five generations, from childhood to adulthood, blending laughs and tear-jerking moments, just like in Bob-Waksberg’s other shows.
    Braedon Montgomery, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Tear-jerking purple prose designed to make a Baby Boomer nostalgic and sad.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • This thermal agitation causes electrons to lose energy as heat rather than contributing to the electrical current, leading to a noticeable drop in voltage and overall efficiency.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Severe disease, however, often presents within two weeks of illness, causing confusion, agitation and hallucinations, the above source states.
    Shiv Sudhakar, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The White House will be well aware of this fact, particularly in an environment where fiscally conservative Republicans will be shuddering at Uncle Sam’s $37 trillion (and growing) national debt.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The shuddering horror of the Coldplay couple.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Those who felt the quake are encouraged to report it through the USGS Felt Report form.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The death toll for each of those quakes rose to over 1,000 people, local officials said in their aftermaths.
    Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Scientists in Germany have used a highly sensitive underground ring laser to track Earth’s axial wobble without relying on telescopes, satellites, or external reference signals.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But levitating Treasury yields after a court ruled many of the administration's tariffs were imposed illegally has stoked some questioning of the benign equilibrium among policy, the economy and markets, prompting a wobble in equity indexes Tuesday.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Rodríguez’s phone is vibrating, shaking the bottle and glasses, though the chicharrones don’t move.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • This zoo of proposals all introduce new effects outside the horizon that should change how a vibrating black hole emits gravitational waves.
    Matt von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025

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“Convulsing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convulsing. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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