...The functions of thisreceptacle are probably the forming of the food into a bolus, andby a spasmodic contraction the forcing of it back through the gulletinto the mouth for mastication...
Robert A. Sterndale 「Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon」
...That eccentric assemblageof bones made one spasmodic step forward, whichbrought the bloody, hairy carcass with a swingagainst his loins...
W. E. Webb 「Buffalo Land」
...I allude to the curious, angular, enigmatic, spasmodic, often playful and bantering communications, with frequent "unexpected replies" and philosophic platitudes...
Henny Kindermann Agnes Blake 「Lola」
...Breathing becomes fast and painful, withfrequent spasmodic jerks...
U.S. Department of Agriculture 「Special Report on Diseases of Cattle」
...It was not the fine generoussnore of a sleep that he usually enjoyed, but short, fitful, broken naps,that generally terminated in spasmodic jerks of the arms or legs...
R. S. Surtees 「Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour」
...Dinny gave a spasmodic jump, and lifting his feet gingerly, deposited them in the barest places he could find; and for the rest of the journey he did not once take his eyes off the ground...
George Manville Fenn 「Off to the Wilds」
...Very little of thatunctuous spasmodic shouting, which used to characterise Wesleyanism,is heard in Lune-street Chapel...
Atticus 「Our Churches and Chapels」
...Jim's spasmodic,bitter answer came a moment later...
Various 「Astounding Stories, July, 1931」
...The star exists inthe same spot to this day, and it is of the same magnitude as it wasprior to its spasmodic outburst in 1866...
Robert Stawell Ball 「The Story of the Heavens」
...On the 19th I was glad to find nofresh cases, though the two camels that had suffered were very weak andafflicted with spasmodic staggerings...
Ernest Giles 「Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration」
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