convulsive• He began to cough in raspingbarks that became horribly convulsive before eventually subsiding.• The coup led to convulsive changes in U.S.-CentralAmericanrelations.• But if the article appears less than earth-shaking, getting it into print proved a convulsive experience for the Sun newsroom.• A convulsivefit so that his thin frameshook.• For Francesca, who's almost 3, suffers from a braindisorder which triggers off convulsive fits.• She seized the handle, but the impetus was too great, and it was wrenched from her convulsivegrasp.• One convulsiveshudder, and he was no more.• His feet made a quickconvulsiveshuffle.• The only sound in the house is the occasional last convulsivesob from the top of the stairs.