Her leg twitched convulsively. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
His fingers clutched the coin convulsively, thankfully. From Wordnik.com. [Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2] Reference
His squire or bodyguard clutched his sword convulsively in his right paw and tried to hide his nervousness. From Wordnik.com. [The Deluge Drivers]
Marcia shuddered and began to sob convulsively again. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
Willa seized the woman's arm and shook it convulsively. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
I laid my hand on hers, and she grasped it convulsively. From Wordnik.com. [How I Know God Answers Prayer The Personal Testimony of One Life-Time] Reference
"Worse than that, he is dying," I sobbed out convulsively. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
Clemence closed her eyes and her lips twitched convulsively. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The young Italian seized his benefactor's hand convulsively. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
But she was disappointed; the child clung convulsively to her. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois] Reference
Mead nodded quickly as he saw his features knot convulsively. From Wordnik.com. [Citadel] Reference
At home, he urinated blood and began convulsively throwing up. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Shanahan takes his life's work to D.C. and Washington Redskins] Reference
"Please don't," begged Grace, squeezing her hand convulsively. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys] Reference
She grabbed more convulsively at her dress, and made no reply. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
She clutched at the bedclothes convulsively, and gazed and gazed. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
Her tone was still quiet, but her breast rose and fell convulsively. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
Vogotzine, who had become purple, seized the doctor's arm convulsively. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Amyas caught convulsively at her in the darkness, and seized her wrist. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
Her legs are drawn up convulsively; her little hands are clenched in agony. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
For a moment the unconscious form yielded and then convulsively straightened. From Wordnik.com. [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference
Her nervousness expressed itself toward him in other terms than convulsively. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
She covered her face with her hands and rocked herself convulsively to and fro. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
"No expiation is possible," said Henri to Jeanne, pressing her hand convulsively. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
A shudder passed through him, and he stopped, and pressed Tom's hand convulsively. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
The Earl shivered convulsively, choked raspingly, and was suddenly limp and still. From Wordnik.com. [Millennium] Reference
It was a profound sleep, and, from time to time, the young man trembled convulsively. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
Tallis coughed convulsively, turned his head away, coughed again, and opened his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Highest Treason] Reference
It fell back, shuddering convulsively, and suddenly regurgitated a small, furry animal. From Wordnik.com. [Cat and Mouse] Reference
Frank convulsively by the arm, and gazed into his countenance with wildly gleaming eyes. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
Under cover of the dark the girls 'hands sought and clasped convulsively, but no one spoke. From Wordnik.com. [Lucile Triumphant] Reference
Lydia, who had retained one of the girl's hands in hers, felt that hand tremble convulsively. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Her hands went convulsively to her breast, and she shuddered violently and moaned in anguish. From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
But at that instant their desperate efforts tore it loose from the convulsively jerking hulk. From Wordnik.com. [The Raid on the Termites] Reference
She sat for a few moments with her hands pressed over her eyes, her breast heaving convulsively. From Wordnik.com. [A Bachelor's Dream] Reference
Again the great fist gripped convulsively, and the big muscles that had once pitched the Mountain. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
Yanski's stern face worked convulsively with an emotion he tried to conceal beneath an apparent roughness. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She grasped her head and apparently was about to fall -- her face twitched and her body jerked convulsively. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
Only his hands, hanging stiffly at his sides, opened and shut convulsively, and his eyes should have been hidden. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
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