The Collaborative International Dictionary
Convulse \Con*vulse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Convulsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Convulsing.] [L. convulsus, p. p. of convellere to tear up, to shake; con- + vellere to pluck, pull.]
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To contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter, or in agony from grief or pain.
With emotions which checked his voice and convulsed his powerful frame.
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To agitate greatly; to shake violently.
The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations.
--Macaulay.Syn: To agitate; disturb; shake; tear; rend.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: convulse)
Usage examples of "convulsed".
The man arched and convulsed and Niall swung away from him, dropping to one knee under the rushing attack of a second foe and jabbing upward with the bloody dagger.
But she was shaking, almost convulsed with the fear of what he'd do to her.
She convulsed again, greedily lifting her hips and taking the inches he had denied her.
He convulsed with a powerful jetting that emptied him but seemed to go on forever, longer and harder and deeper than he'd ever known before.
She stifled a scream as he convulsed beneath her, heaving upward between her thighs, lifting her so that her knees left the ground.
He began driving, and on the second hard thrust she convulsed, crying out her pleasure.
He convulsed, flooding her with warmth, and lay heavily over her for a long time, while his breathing slowed and his heartbeat returned to normal.
He came with the first stroke, his orgasm bursting from him in a powerful stream as he convulsed beneath her, clamping her to him with ruthless, implacable hands, until it was over for both of them and she lay limply on his chest.
When he couldn’t hold off his climax any longer, when she had already convulsed twice, she gripped his buttocks and pulled him deeper into her as he let it overtake him.
He took her mouth again, and he was still kissing her when she cried out and convulsed in a crest of pleasure.
Then he convulsed, slamming into her again and again while harsh sounds tore from his throat, and she felt the wetness of his release.
It had been so easy to bring her to climax that he'd been enchanted, wanting to do it time and again so he could watch her face as she convulsed, feel her body flexing and throbbing around him.
Richard gripped her bottom and rubbed her against him, and everything inside her tightened, holding her on the verge of shattering for one long, unbearable moment before the tension released and she convulsed on great waves of pleasure.
He showed her no mercy as she convulsed and arched, nor did she want any.
She clamped a hand over her mouth, trying to hold back the sobs that convulsed her chest.