Preposition: of

• rage: His paroxysm of rage over, he went on his way without once looking back.

• grief: The Rat, astonished and dismayed at the violence of Mole's paroxysm of grief, did not dare to speak for a while.

• pain: Each emergency stop induced in Alex a paroxysm of pain.

• fear: His limbs were convulsed and his fingers contorted as tho he had died in a very paroxysm of fear.

• fury: His paroxysm of fury in the street contrasted oddly with his peaceable demeanor in the house.

• ecstasy: What is this amazing line of work that drives me to such paroxysms of ecstasy?

Converse of object

• have: During all of this Mrs McMuffin was having a paroxysm beside me.

Adjective modifier

• occipital: Benign childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysms: a 15-year prospective study.

• such: Shaw: In your judgment, why does China have such paroxysms over the concept of human rights?

• new: Each new paroxysm will bear a more severe and dangerous character.