spasm
/ˈspæz.m̩/ noun C1- A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ. · Jessica went into spasms after eating a peanut.
- A violent, excruciating seizure of pain.
- A sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion.
Plural spasms
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At this moment Danglars, who had been incessantly observing every change in Fernand’s look and manner, saw him stagger and fall back, with an almost convulsive spasm, against a seat placed near one of the open windows.
“Hope!” faintly murmured Fernand, but the word seemed to die away on his pale agitated lips, and a convulsive spasm passed over his countenance.
Finally, on the top corridor, which ran outside three untenanted bedrooms, he again was seized with a spasm of merriment.
The agony of those contorted limbs struck me with a spasm of pain and blurred my eyes with tears.
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