Word: paroxysmal
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...Springs, S. Dak., one Lloyd Linton, 33, father of four, was suddenly moved to a paroxysm of religious fervor while standing in his brother's sawmill. "If thy right hand offend thee, cut it off," cried Linton's thoughts. Later Linton explained: "So I cut it off and prayed to God not to let it bleed much. It didn't." Handless Linton did not state how his hand had offended...
...long line of cars put back to Picayune. When they came to the bridge, the gentlemen adjusted the rope and paused for a moment to enjoy the joke. Then they told Jackson to jump. When the body, its last hideous paroxysm over, hung limp and awry on the rope's end, the cars moved on, their headlights following each other out of sight, into the darkness...
...After a paroxysm the dying man went on: "Two--two others know It--Mrs.--Harper--Bates--they-- know--" And there was, they say, one last whisper: "Mother." Bottled lilacs scented the room...
What should be the reception, then, of a guest who, upon being presented to a tiny child, sinks his fingers into its ribs and tickles it into a paroxysm? Who-when the child, exhausted by hysterical laughter, has fallen asleep-continues to walk heavily about, talking at the top of his voice and laughing blatantly...
...several dispositions, they found their parents reading with serious mien the editorial page of The New York World. Little did they know what seemingly diabolical plots were being hatched against them. Had it been otherwise, their post-toasties, shredded wheat or bran would have been pushed aside in a paroxysm of childish petulance...