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as in tremor

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verb

present participle of convulse

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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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

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By the time symptoms first appear, the majority of these cells are lost forever, meaning the disease can progress for years before any of the telltale physical symptoms emerge—tremors, stiffness and slowness of movement, among others.

— Todd Weissman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
Until recently, scientists could only manually read through graphs of seismic recordings to pick out tremors, then use the data to trace the movements of magma that caused them.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026