Paroxysm Mnemonic
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paroxysm
paroxysm
/ˈpæɹ.əkˌsɪz.əm/
Examples
- The word paroxysm means sudden fit or outburst.
- Do you know something about the paroxysm.
- Paroxysms brought on by overexertions or excessive mental emotion.
- Would that send you into a paroxysm of uncontrollable laughter
- After the paroxysm is over. he sinks back in bed exhausted.
- The airing of this theory in the Times sent Delooney into another paroxysm of rage.
- The whole country again erupts into a paroxysm of noise, light, color and bedlam.
- Another hen, without a brood, flew straight up into the air, in a paroxysm of fright.
- In a paroxysm of liberal political correctness, Dick's has cancelled thousands of gun orders.
- We tend to think of Prohibition now as some kind of crazed moral paroxysm, reflecting the worst in the American character.
a sudden uncontrollable attack
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"Pair + Ox + Whizz'em. Suddenly, a pair of oxen start running fast as if they've been startled."
"Pair + Ox + Whim. A sudden outburst like a pair of oxen on a whim."
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