spasm
/ˈspæz.m̩/ nom C1En français : spasme
- 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.
Pluriel spasms
Dans la bibliothèque
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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