The pain in my knee was spasmodic so I never knew when I would be able to play a game. From LearnThat.org.
Adjective : spasmodic efforts at reform. From Dictionary.com.
Mr. Harding was some minutes quite dumbfounded, and Mr. Arabin could only talk in short, spasmodic sentences about his love and good fortune. From Wordnik.com. [Barchester Towers] Reference
"You think my gait 'spasmodic' -- I am in danger -- Sir --," she wrote in June as if with a grin. From Wordnik.com. ['White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson'] Reference
For years Kansas was the scene of what can only be described as spasmodic civil war. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the United States] Reference
The ailment, known as spasmodic dystonia, causes a person's vocal cords to clench involuntarily while speaking. From Wordnik.com. [PopMatters] Reference
Robert F, Kennedy suffers from a vocal disorder known as spasmodic dysphonia. 15,5500 people in this country are afflicted with the condition. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Good Governance Is More Than CYA…] Reference
Cervical dystonia, also called spasmodic torticollis, is a painful condition in which your neck muscles contract involuntarily, causing your head to twist to one side. From Wordnik.com. [All MayoClinic.com Topics] Reference
The orator from Tete moved with a kind of spasmodic dancing gait toward. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
He felt the trembling in her as he extended his psyche, a kind of spasmodic quivering that reverberated through her. From Wordnik.com. [Floating City]
His breath came in short, spasmodic gasps. From Wordnik.com. [Malcolm Sage, Detective] Reference
The dance was disjointed, or as Bruno called it, "spasmodic," and just didn't work. From Wordnik.com. [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference
His arm was extended, and his palm open, in a kind of spasmodic motion, as the head groomsman tugged at the forefinger. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of a Southern matron,] Reference
You think my gait "spasmodic" ” I am in danger ” Sir ”. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman in White] Reference
There has been no spasmodic growth in the oak of the forest. From Wordnik.com. [The American Missionary — Volume 52, No. 3, September, 1898] Reference
It was a spasmodic breath taken in the most suffocating of environments. From Wordnik.com. [Terrorists and Freedom Fighters] Reference
Will allay all pain and spasmodic action, and is Sure to Regulate the Bowels. From Wordnik.com. [A Successful Shadow A Detective's Successful Quest] Reference
Nervous, well-bred horses are most susceptible to nervous or spasmodic colic. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
It is not the amount of work that hurts, so much as spasmodic attempts to work. From Wordnik.com. [Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out] Reference
There are many cases of a spasmodic nature, also, in which it is of great value. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
When he first read her poems, he said they're too spasmodic and they're too jerky. From Wordnik.com. [Biography Speculates Emily Dickinson Had Epilepsy] Reference
Some of these animals are not so patient, but are nervous and spasmodic and unhappy. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
There was a scarcely perceptible attempt to turn the head; a spasmodic throb in the throat. From Wordnik.com. [The Flaw in the Sapphire] Reference
It is claimed to cure chronic auto-infection and the spasmodic occlusion of the lower bowel!. From Wordnik.com. [Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis] Reference
The anti-spasmodic drug that had the best evidence was hyoscyamine (brand names Anaspaz and Levsin). From Wordnik.com. [Traditional treatments work well for IBS] Reference
With a spasmodic effort I pulled his body from the seat onto the floor at my feet and pulled back the wheel. From Wordnik.com. [Night Bombing with the Bedouins] Reference
This is an acute infectious disease that is characterized by spasmodic contractions of voluntary muscles. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
He began to read hurriedly, his eyes locked on the notebook, his voice a suppressed hoarse, spasmodic whisper. From Wordnik.com. [Citadel] Reference
Crunched into 2 1/4 hours of spasmodic narrative, Le Ly's extraordinary life is reduced to its lurid highlights. From Wordnik.com. ['Tis Not A Jolly Season] Reference
The perspiration broke out upon his brow; he made spasmodic little dabs at it with his crumpled-up handkerchief. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Talent is so spasmodic and dependent upon moods, while the little hard rubber discs tirelessly and graciously amuse you. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of a Dakota Divorcee] Reference
Poor Law with severe labour tests and restrictions -- and periodical, spasmodic measures of relief enforced by insurrection?. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
Eleanor walks up and down before the glass, with spasmodic gasps of satisfaction, till Philip comes to the door to see if she is ready. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
Mrs. Kimball received the news calmly -- that is, calmly after a first sharp in-taking of breath and a spasmodic motion toward her heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar] Reference
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