Twice she returned the knife to its former hiding-place, and twice she drew it forth again; her cheeks grew paler and paler, she pressed her clenched hand convulsively over her bosom, and leant back languidly against the wall behind her.
When the last echo of his feet has died away Portia rouses herself, and, moving towards a low chair near the fireplace, sinks into it, and presses her hands convulsively against her heart.
Here Maddy broke down entirely, sobbing so convulsively that Guy became alarmed, and wondered what he ought to do to quiet her.
They were resting, Halima lying on the ground, when suddenly St. Just clutched Mahmoud's arm convulsively and pointed ahead; he was too far gone to speak.
The murdered Royalist reeled, spun half round, clutching convulsively at his throat with both hands, in his death agony, and fell backward into the grave.
Swifter flowed the stream, and the canoe trembled convulsively in its onward rush.
Her features were contorted with agony, while her hands clutched convulsively the worn grey blankets.
The king, anticipating the announcement, sat with his head bent down upon his breast, and clasping almost convulsively the hand of the prince who sat at his feet.
The wretch gasped once and threw up his chin, struggling convulsively to free himself from the iron clutch that encircled his neck.
The prince did not rise from his chair, but his fingers gripped convulsively the carved arms of ebony and he writhed in agony.
At last the polecat convulsively trembled as its ribs and spine were crushed in the fox's tightening jaws, its teeth relaxed their hold, and the fight was over.
On several occasions, at dusk, Brighteye, like Lutra the otter, had seen a trout splashing and twisting convulsively in terror and pain.
He ground the letterconvulsively in his hand, then it fell all crumpled on the floor.
She found Josephine white as death, apparently fainting, and clutching at the tree convulsively with her nails.
That night Rose came and slept with Josephine, and more than once she awoke with a start and seized Josephine convulsively and held her tight.
Convulsively my hands grasped the tiller, but with the crazy conceit that the tiller was, somehow, in some enchanted way, inverted.
Pollock lifted his feet convulsively to avoid it, and then kicked at the thing furiously.
One or two, indeed, came close to his head and almost followed the example of the first, but he dodged convulsively out of the way.
I grasped my rifle convulsively and rushed from the summer-house.
I could do was to clutch him convulsively by the arm, and cry out in convulsive accents, “No, no!
He tensed momentarily, twitched convulsively just once, and fell motionless to the floor.
As he soared through the opening he trained projector and pistol upon Roger, now almost to the door, noticing as he did so that Clio was clinging convulsively to a lamp-bracket upon the wall.
Nerado's looped neck straightened convulsively as his tortured drivers whined and shrieked at the terrific overload; but Roger's effort was far too intense to be long maintained.
He convulsively grasped his gun, which stood near, by the barrel.
He felt her breast heave convulsively under his face; with her hands she thrust him away.
With a great cry of joy Undine started up, and in another second she was clingingconvulsively round her brother's neck.
Then that rapid footstep was heard in the passage, and springing up, she convulsively pressed her work together.
I dare not return to the barracks again,” said Leonard; and she felt that he shuddered convulsively in her arms.
Mrs. Fitzhardinge, in a hoarse and hollow tone--clasping her hands convulsively at the same time.
Again I essayed to shake themconvulsively one after the other--as you may sometimes see a tiger, made desperate by confinement, grapple with the inexorable bars of his cage, though certain of failure and defeat.
I caught Miss Glen around the neck, and sobbed convulsively on her sympathetic breast.
When she came abreast of it she uttered a second cry, convulsively grasped the edge of the boat, and cast a terrified glance backward.
I should then be robbed of the sight of him who has promised succor to my fatherland," cried she, passionately, while she sank upon her knees and clasped her handsconvulsively together.
She was again on her knees; her beautiful eyes drowned in tears, and her hands clasped convulsively above her head.
Suddenly she uttered a wild cry, and starting up, threw her arms convulsively about.
The empress threw back her proud head, and drew her mantle convulsively around her.
His countenance was pale as marble; he tottered andconvulsively pressed his hand to his breast, as though suffocating.
Convulsively he clutched it, wound it about one arm, and bade them haul.
He found himself hanging there, suspended above that terrific abyss by his hands and his elbows, which had convulsively hooked themselves on to the edge of the gutter, so that he had it on a level with his breast.
Soon after sunrise on the morrow she was beating at the gates of Middelburg gaol, a paper clutched convulsively in her left hand.
Some got their arms through, seeking convulsively to widen the openings and so to gain an egress.
The instant Alfred struck, the water boiled and the big fish leaped clear into the air, shaking himself convulsively to get rid of the hook.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "convulsively" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
