spasm

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(noun.)

ADJ

sudden | muscle, muscular

VERB + SPASM

feel

She felt a sudden spasm in her neck after sleeping in an awkward position.

go into

His back went into spasm after he lifted the heavy box yesterday.

SPASM + VERB

pass, subside

PREP

in ~

When he saw the accident, his muscles went in spasm and he couldn't move for several seconds.

~ of

She giggled uncontrollably in a spasm of nervous laughter during the quiet exam.

PHRASES

a spasm of coughing/pain

Definitions

noun

1

A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ.

Jessica went into spasms after eating a peanut.

2

A violent, excruciating seizure of pain.

3

A sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion.

He would use the simplest, plainest language, he said to himself over and over again; but it is not always easy to use simple, plain language,—by no means so easy as to mount on stilts, and to march along with sesquipedalian words, with pathos, spasms, and notes of interjection.

Both Spear & Davis were indicted in the witchhunt surrounding the sensational (if nonexistent) "Revere sex ring." Both men have said they have been police targets since at least 1975, following the anti-gay spasm which ensued after Dick Bavely's suicide.

verb

1

To produce and undergo a spasm or series of spasms.

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noun — a painful and involuntary muscular contraction

cramp

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Jessica went into spasms after eating a peanut.

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02

He would use the simplest, plainest language, he said to himself over and over again; but it is not always easy to use simple, plain language,—by no means so easy as to mount on stilts, and to march a

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03

Both Spear & Davis were indicted in the witchhunt surrounding the sensational (if nonexistent) "Revere sex ring." Both men have said they have been police targets since at least 1975, following the an

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04

I feel a sort of spasm in my left leg.

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05

A spasm, violent and uncontrollable, stiffened every muscle in his body.

Tatoeba · #11810199

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