convulse

Object

• face: As I turned I caught a glimpse of a convulsed face and frantic eyes.
• nation: Terrible wars are yet to convulse the nations, bringing famine in their train.
• body: The floor of the Newport Center is a sea of convulsing bodies.
• audience: I have heard of readers convulsing audiences with my " Aurelia's Unfortunate Young Man.
• earth: For the Lord, the Divine Warrior will thunder before his great army in the darkened sky above a convulsing earth below.
• hand: The angel opens her eyes to witness his desertion, reaching over her shoulder with a convulsing hand to finger her wounds.

Preposition: with

• laughter: Looking more closely, we see that they are convulsed with silent laughter, the cause of which is unclear.
• passion: He broke out now into a furious stream of German invective, his face convulsed with passion.
• joy: It was terrible and amazing to see such a woman so convulsed with joy at such a sight.

Subject

• war: Between 1200 and 1500 Christendom was convulsed by war, plague and climatic regression.

Preposition: by

• war: Between 1200 and 1500 Christendom was convulsed by war, plague and climatic regression.

Modifying Another Word

• periodically: The city of Belfast, however, was periodically convulsed by sectarian rioting.
• so: It was terrible and amazing to see such a woman so convulsed with joy at such a sight.
• violently: There we times when he was incoherent, given to convulsing violently.
• now: The turmoil now convulsing human affairs is unprecedented, and many of its consequences may well prove enormously destructive.
• then: She tried to pull away, took one gasping breath, then convulsed before dropping unconscious to the floor.
• also: It also convulsed on two occasions while rolled over.