What is "twitchings"

Usage examples of "twitchings".

The principal remedy in cramps, spasms, neuralgias, twitchings, paroxysms, etc.

Whenever the lightning flashed, all the muscles simultaneously came into repeated and violent twitchings, so that the movements of the muscles, like the flash of the lightning, always preceded the thunder, and thus, as it were, heralded its coming.

He did not bother to withdraw it before he went through the victim's pockets, ignoring the twitchings and feeble pawings of the dying man .

The legs did not move, except for a few pithed-frog twitchings as the severed spinal nerves sent their last impulses.

In certain cases involuntary twitchings of some of the facial muscles may be observed.

He did not bother to withdraw it before he went through the victim's pockets, ignoring the twitchings and feeble pawings of the dying man .

The rout was on, and between the stampede and the quick spread of flames, the area below the mound was cleared in minutes, and not another movement did the friends see for the few remaining hours of the night, save the pitiful writhing of the mass of limbs, and the twitchings of burned torsos.

Shortly afterwards I was shot down and although the physical injuries I sustained were not particularly serious it resulted in my developing a number of infuriating nervous reactions, such as involuntary twitchings of the hands and face.