convulsive

He scarcely appeared to heed what was doing on the stage; perhaps Norboume was the only one who noticed the convulsive movement of the bitten lip, or the slight shudder which shook him at any unexpect

So powerful and so fierce was he that the four of us were shaken off again and again. He appeared to have the convulsive strength of a man in an epileptic fit.

Then, as I approached the door, she seized my sleeve and pulled me back with convulsive strength.

It seemed to me that he was making desperate efforts to restrain a convulsive attack of laughter.