Sentence examples for by spasm from inspiring English sources

As for the new plot, it proceeds by spasm and lurch.

Barber argues that without routines, you get 'government 'by spasm' (2017)—routines are 'a way of making a complex and often anarchic world seem manageable' (Bevir and Rhodes, 2010, p 202).

When I reached that moment to which all our nature ascends and when the future of the species is assured by spasm after spasm, she remarked, "Never a dull moment".

Rice said participants agreed on the need for an end to hostilities that "this time, will be sustainable" instead of violent "spasm followed by spasm". The statement was read by Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema, representing the host nation.

Wall thickening may be the only sign in early carcinoma, and may be mimicked by spasm or adherent faecal matter.

Cheung is perpetually leaning forward, propelled around the room by spasms of exuberance.

This is the second straight spring training in which Pettitte has been bothered by spasms.

Côte d'Ivoire has been relatively stable in recent years, punctuated by spasms of violence.

Acrocyanosis, bluish discoloration of the hands caused by spasms in arterioles (small arteries) of the skin.

Colonel Qaddafi terrorized and intimidated Libyans by spasms of violence at least once a decade.

THE birth and infancy of Timor-Leste have been attended by spasms of violence.