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affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm;
or: occurring in spells and often abruptly
or: occurring in spells and often abruptly
- The frantic beast tugs and draws the load, trembling all over, gasping for breath, moving sideways, with a sort of unnatural spasmodic action—it's awful in Nekrassov.Book 5 — Pro And Contra (40% in)
- But on seeing that precious little face, which for the last three days she had only looked at from a distance, she trembled all over and her gray head began twitching spasmodically over the coffin.Epilogue (68% in)
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