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A tall girl afflicted with chorea--St. Vitus's dance--was dancing with every limb, without a pause, the left side of her face being continually distorted by sudden, convulsive grimaces.
Une grande fille, atteinte de chorées, dansait de tous ses membres, sans arrêt, avec des sursauts de grimaces, qui tiraient la moitié gauche de son visage.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Marquise de Leganes made one convulsive movement as she heard that sound; it was the only sign she gave of sorrow.
La marquise de Léganès laissa échapper un mouvement convulsif en entendant le bruit  ce fut la seule marque de sa douleur.
Balzac, Honore de / El verdugoBalzac, Honore de / El verdugo
El verdugo
Balzac, Honore de
El verdugo
Balzac, Honore de
When I saw, from the centre of the valley, the village church and the place of the graveyard a convulsive shudder seized me.
Lorsque du milieu de la vallée, j’aperçus l’église du bourg et la place du cimetière, je fus saisi d’un frisson convulsif.
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de
Their limbs clasped with a convulsive passion, their bosoms, hot with tears, were pressed close together beneath their crumpled chemises.
Leurs membres nus s'étreignaient avec une passion convulsive; leurs gorges, chaudes de pleurs, s'écrasaient sous leurs chemises arrachées.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
"You are a blessed woman, Eliza!" said George, clasping her with a convulsive grasp.
–  Tu es une femme bénie, Élisa! et Georges l’étreignit dans ses bras convulsivement.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
At last a convulsive tremor shook Marthe's body.
Un hoquet secoua Marthe.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
A wild, long laugh rang through the deserted room, and ended in a hysteric sob; she threw herself on the floor, in convulsive sobbing and struggles.
Un rire sauvage et saccadé résonna à travers la grange déserte, et finit en un sanglot convulsif. Elle se jeta par terre, criant et se débattant.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
He protruded his face, a convulsive kind of attention seemed to carry it forward; he certainly beheld something invisible, and heard a summons in the silence.
Sa face se tendait, une attention convulsée la portait en avant: il voyait certainement l’invisible, il entendait un appel du silence.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
Their hands gave slight convulsive twitches, and Laurent was obliged to place the lamp on the table, to avoid letting it fall.
Leurs mains avaient de légers tremblements convulsifs, et Laurent fut obligé de poser la lampe sur la table, pour ne pas la laisser tomber.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
When she came to the touching words, "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do," she threw down the book, and, burying her face in the heavy masses of her hair, she sobbed aloud, with a convulsive violence.
Quand elle en vint à ces mots: «Mon père, pardonnez-leur, car ils ne savent ce qu’ils font,» elle jeta le livre à terre, et ensevelissant son visage dans les masses épaisses de ses cheveux, elle sanglota tout haut avec une violence convulsive.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
The convulsive manner in which his fingers worked actually struck the alarmed girl with a feeling of awe.
Mabel fut alarmée des mouvements presque convulsifs dont il était agité.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981
Emily stood during this question and answer, motionless, pale as death, and with her hands clasped together, betraying by the workings of her fingers in a kind of convulsive motion, the intensity of her interest.
En entendant ce peu de mots, Émilie, immobile, pâle comme la mort, les mains jointes et serrées par un mouvement convulsif, était l’image vivante de la douleur.
Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Cooper, James Fenimore
Precaution
Cooper, James Fenimore

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convulsive contraction
contraction spasmodique
convulsive seizures
crises convulsives