Vocabulary | SPASM
What is the meaning of the English word… SPASM?
Definition:
(countable noun)
- a temporary and sudden release of energy, emotion or stress
- a sudden and usually brief occurrence of something you cannot control
- a sudden uncontrolled and often painful tightening of a muscle
Examples:
1. Maria’s muscles went into spasms when she finished her 23 kilometre run.
2. He had a long coughing spasm.
3. She is suffering from spasms of guilt because she went on a big spending spree.
4. Just before I went onto the stage to give my presentation, I was seized with a spasm of anxiety.
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