spasmodic
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- s affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm
his body made a spasmodic jerk - s occurring in spells and often abruptly
spasmodic rifle fire
- A strange, spasmodic air, that carried memories of wilderness and city, rose through the salt-scented night air like a fire on a beach.
- What he sees after four years of a McCain White House: the Iraq war being won with only "spasmodic" continued violence, reduced threat from the Taliban in Afghanistan, the capture .
- All day, with wire-service teleprinters clacking behind him, he and his associates have kept a close watch on the spasmodic flow of the world's news.