Object

• nation: Terrible wars are yet to convulse the nations, bringing famine in their train.

• audience: I have heard of readers convulsing audiences with my " Aurelia's Unfortunate Young Man.

• earth: For the Lord, the Divine Warrior will thunder before his great army in the darkened sky above a convulsing earth below.

• hand: The angel opens her eyes to witness his desertion, reaching over her shoulder with a convulsing hand to finger her wounds.

Preposition: with

• laughter: Looking more closely, we see that they are convulsed with silent laughter, the cause of which is unclear.

• passion: He broke out now into a furious stream of German invective, his face convulsed with passion.

• joy: It was terrible and amazing to see such a woman so convulsed with joy at such a sight.

Subject

• war: Between 1200 and 1500 Christendom was convulsed by war, plague and climatic regression.

Preposition: by

• war: Between 1200 and 1500 Christendom was convulsed by war, plague and climatic regression.

Modifying Another Word

• periodically: The city of Belfast, however, was periodically convulsed by sectarian rioting.

• so: It was terrible and amazing to see such a woman so convulsed with joy at such a sight.

• then: She tried to pull away, took one gasping breath, then convulsed before dropping unconscious to the floor.

• also: It also convulsed on two occasions while rolled over.