convulse in a sentence

Examples

1. A girl leaned against a wall, convulsed with sobs.
2. But as they settled into Dayton life, their old homeland convulsed.
3. They convulse whole cultures, spawn heroic myths, trigger literal earthquakes.
4. While stock prices fell Friday, the bond market convulsed.
5. The banner that has convulsed South Carolina flies from a single flagpole.
6. He watched the nation convulse when Mao died in 1976.
7. Zimbabwe has been convulsed by political violence for two years.
8. The island nation has been convulsed by political uncertainty since the election.
9. In 1935, the worst violence since partition convulsed Belfast.
10. Her body starts convulsing wildly as her clothes fall off.