convulse

convulse with (something)

To shake or seize with something (such as a physical display of emotion). The wife of the victim convulsed with sobs at his funeral. After being outside in the snow for so long, Cathy started convulsing with shivers.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

convulse someone with something

to cause someone to quake or jerk because of pain or emotion. (Can be physical or figurative; see examples.) He convulsed with abdominal pain from something he ate. The audience was convulsed with laughter.
See also: convulse
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • convulse with
  • convulse with (something)
  • Shake it up!
  • shake up
  • snatch (someone or something) out of (something)
  • snatch out of
  • expropriate
  • expropriate (something) from (someone or something)
  • shake hands with the unemployed
  • shake the lead out
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