PAROXYSM in a Sentence
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25 example sentences for PAROXYSM, such as:
1. Then suddenly he slapped his thigh in a paroxysm of amusement.
2. In a paroxysm of fear, the boy closed the book, and thrust it from him.
3. When he heard of his son's misdeeds, he was seized by a paroxysm of rage.
4. Villefort rose, half ashamed of being surprised in such a paroxysm of grief.
5. The child, hearing its mother's voice, broke out into a paroxysm of sobbing.
2. In a paroxysm of fear, the boy closed the book, and thrust it from him.
3. When he heard of his son's misdeeds, he was seized by a paroxysm of rage.
4. Villefort rose, half ashamed of being surprised in such a paroxysm of grief.
5. The child, hearing its mother's voice, broke out into a paroxysm of sobbing.
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Meanings and Examples of PAROXYSM
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paroxysm
n. sudden outburst of emotion or action; sudden attack, recurrence, or intensification of a disease
Classic Sentence: (23 in 2 pages)
1 I am seized with a terrible, perhaps mortal illness; I can feel that the paroxysm is fast approaching.
2 And then, falling upon the chair nearest the door, she burst into a paroxysm of sobs.
3 Beauchamp, who had watched with sincere pity the young man's paroxysm of grief, approached him.
4 Villefort rose, half ashamed of being surprised in such a paroxysm of grief.
5 And, in her first paroxysm of terror, she had raised herself from the sofa, in the next, stronger very likely than the other, she fell down again on the cushions.
6 Then suddenly he slapped his thigh in a paroxysm of amusement.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
7 Hilda became more angry at every reply, angry as her mother used to be, in a kind of paroxysm.
8 In a paroxysm of fear, the boy closed the book, and thrust it from him.
9 To hear a hound upon the moor would not work a hard man like this convict into such a paroxysm of terror that he would risk recapture by screaming wildly for help.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
Context Highlight In Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
10 All the demoniacal force of the man masked behind that listless manner burst out in a paroxysm of energy.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
Context Highlight In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
11 I never saw a lunatic in such a paroxysm of rage before; and I hope I shall not again.
12 The attendant tells me that his screams whilst in the paroxysm were really appalling; I found my hands full when I got in, attending to some of the other patients who were frightened by him.
13 The child, hearing its mother's voice, broke out into a paroxysm of sobbing.
14 He listened while the paroxysm of the child's sobbing grew less and less; and tears of remorse started to his eyes.
15 As soon as this volume began to circulate, Mr. Wopsle's great-aunt fell into a state of coma, arising either from sleep or a rheumatic paroxysm.
Example Sentence:
1 But there was something decidedly strange in the paroxysm of emotion which had suddenly seized him when he was in the act of expressing the present contentment of his mood
2 When he heard of his son's misdeeds, he was seized by a paroxysm of rage.