convulsive
Shivering convulsively, he stepped out of the chilly bath onto the cold bathroom floor.
I woke up in the night coughing convulsively.
He tightened his arms around her convulsively, buried his face in her hair and cried with relief.
She was holding the letter in her hand, trembling convulsively.
Her fingers closed convulsively around the gun.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Making short, sudden movements
aquiver
choppily
choppiness
convulse
convulsion
flick
jerk
jerkily
jerkiness
jerky
jig
quake
quiver
shaky
shook
shudder
squirm
toss
tremulous
whip