Sample Sentences forspasmodic (editor-reviewed)
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The project advanced in a spasmodic manner, with bursts of rapid progress followed by periods of stagnation.spasmodic = happening with short irregular bursts
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The spasmodic contractions of her muscles made it difficult for her to breathe.spasmodic = sudden and involuntary
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The spasmodic nature of the economy has made it difficult for businesses to plan for the future.spasmodic = happening with short irregular bursts
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—I wonder if your eyes and ears ever make anything save spasmodic contact with your brain.† (source)
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Then he gave Piper another spasmodic wink.† (source)
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She sits and her cane flexes against the gravel and the boy clicks his buttons in spasmodic flurries.† (source)
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As he reached inside the door and flipped the light switch, I managed with a complex but spasmodic movement to throw the towel over the picture so (I hoped) he couldn't see it.† (source)
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George's face at those moments would be flushed, his notes crumpled spasmodically in one hand.† (source)
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In the meanwhile, as the thing is difficult to find in France, and your abbe is not probably disposed to make a journey to Paris on my account, I must continue to use Monsieur Planche's anti-spasmodics; and mint and Hoffman's drops are among my favorite remedies.† (source)
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She steps right up to it, flips her goggles down to protect her face from the heat The Rat Thing's legs stop their spasmodic movements, as though waiting for her.† (source)
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But at other times, she would gyrate and make grunting sounds and spasmodically sweep her books and pens to the floor.† (source)
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There was something desperate, almost insane, about the sharp spasmodic yelps to which they now gave utterance.† (source)
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He has no wish to alter this situation, despite an image that leaps into his mind, unbidden — aroused no doubt by the sight of a helpless woman extended upon his tumbled bed — of Mrs. Humphrey, semi-conscious and with her hands fluttering helplessly in the air, minus her stays and with her chemise half torn off, her feet — curiously, still in their boots — kicking spasmodically, making faint mewing noises while being savaged by a hulking figure that bears no resemblance at all to himself; although — from above, and from the back, which is his point of view during this sordid scene — the quilted dressing-gown looks identical.† (source)
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She heard her own breath pass from loud evenness to spasmodic sobbing but her eyes were dry and burning as though there would never be tears in them again.† (source)
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Her fingers worked spasmodically.† (source)
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That day by the pond had witnessed its last spasmodic flicker.† (source)
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