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affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm;or: occurring in spells and often abruptly
- She sits and her cane flexes against the gravel and the boy clicks his buttons in spasmodic flurries.Anthony Doerr -- All the Light We Cannot See
- The wound quickened spasmodically as if it responded to light.Eudora Welty -- The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
- I could see that he was still breathing-spasmodically.Elie Wiesel -- Night
- Her fingers closed spasmodically around it.Cassandra Clare -- City of Ashes
- We went up to him, but he seemed unconscious, breathing spasmodically.Jack London -- Sea Wolf
- You admit then that the absence of spasmodic movement was phenomenal.Herman Melville -- Billy Budd
- "No, no, no!" said Tom, holding her small hands, which were clenched with spasmodic violence.Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Perhaps a little too spasmodically I drew my revolver, aimed quickly and fired.H.G. Wells -- The Island of Dr. Moreau
- _) _Nora_ (_gropes distractedly about, seizes_ HELMER'S _domino, throws it round her, while she says in quick, hoarse, spasmodic whispers_).Henrik Ibsen -- A Doll's House
- "What is it?" said Sue, her spasmodic breathing suspended.Thomas Hardy -- Jude the Obscure
- Joan heard Jim gasp and his hand tightened spasmodically upon hers.Zane Grey -- The Border Legion
- His face worked spasmodically.Sherwood Anderson -- Winesburg, Ohio
- After which Mr Dorrit was seized with a doze for about a minute, out of which he sprang with spasmodic nimbleness.Charles Dickens -- Little Dorrit
- His hands in the pockets of his dinner-jacket tightened spasmodically.F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Winter Dreams
- There could be seen spasmodic gulpings at his throat.Stephen Crane -- The Red Badge of Courage
- But the burning brimstone went up his nostrils and into his lungs, causing him to cough spasmodically.Jack London -- To Build a Fire
- —I wonder if your eyes and ears ever make anything save spasmodic contact with your brain.Harper Lee -- Go Set a Watchman
- Who does he think,' he demanded, sniffing spasmodically and wiping his nose with the back of his sturdy wrist, 'he is, a cop or something?Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
- A quick impulse that was somewhat spasmodic impelled her fingers to close in a sort of clutch upon his hand.Kate Chopin -- The Awakening
- The lion's tail twitched spasmodically as he prepared to spring.Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn
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