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• Hypochondria — cites spasmodic blinking and severe memory loss as evidence of tardive dyskinesia and tardive dimentia.2002, Sarah Kane, 4.48 Psychosis, Methuen, →ISBN, page 23. From the entry tardive dyskinesia
• They cannot be dreamy Daniels, they cannot be spasmodic — gallop one half-hour, and slacken the next.1940, Jack Hilton, English Ways: A Walk from the Pennines to Epsom Downs in 1939, page 177. From the entry dreamy Daniel
• And now the lion lunged suddenly to earth and with a few spasmodic quiverings lay still.1921, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan the Terrible. From the entry quivering
• Aldershot has, in common with other places, had its little spasmodic attack of pageantitis.1907 July 31, “2nd Battalion Notes”, in St. George's Gazette, volume XXV, number 295, London, page 107. From the entry pageantitis
• No interruptions, no belated after-glows and spasmodic returns.1922, Elizabeth von Arnim, chapter 16, in The Enchanted April, New York: Washington Square Press, published 1995, page 216. From the entry afterglow
• Compared with the female, the male animal is katabolic; he is active, impulsive, destructive, skilful, creative, intense, spasmodic, violent.1912, Earl Barnes, Woman in Modern Society. From the entry katabolic
• Often it is preceded by the feeling of flushiness or cold sensations, and by spasmodic reactions in the mucous membranes of the nasal passages.1941 February 17, Edgar Cayce, “Common Cold”, in Gladys Davis Turner, Mae Gimbert St. Clair, compilers, Individual Reference File of…. From the entry flushiness
• In patients with spasmodic dysphonia, the current treatment that is most commonly offered is by selective injection of botulinum toxin (BOTOX) into the most affected muscles.2009, Peak Woo, Stroboscopy, Plural Publishing, →ISBN, page 339. From the entry dysphonia
• Physicians, recruited to the antitea cause, stated that the drink weakened "the tone of the stomach, and therefore of the whole system, inducing' tremors and spasmodic affections."1989, Page Smith, A new age now begins: a people's history of the American Revolution. From the entry antitea
• Joolby lay on the floor beside his special chair, his face doubly terrible in its rigid set, his body writhing this way and that with spasmodic jerks and contortions.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London. From the entry set
• Another reason for the neglected status of avigation is the fact that in the past there has been only slight and spasmodic need for the new science.1928 May, Flying Magazine, page 40. From the entry avigation

Meaning of spasmodic

1. adjective Of or relating to a spasm; resembling a sudden contraction of the muscles.
2. adjective Convulsive; consisting of spasms.
3. adjective Intermittent or fitful; occurring in abrupt bursts.

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How do you use spasmodic in a sentence?

Spasmodic is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “Instead, he has spasmodic dysphonia, a rare neurological condition in which the muscles that open and close his vocal cords spasm involuntarily, creating a strained or strangled quality to his speech.”

What is a short sentence with spasmodic?

“spasmodic zeal or industry”

What does spasmodic mean?

Spasmodic means of or relating to a spasm; resembling a sudden contraction of the muscles.