Convulsive has 3 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
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| 1. | So powerful and so fierce was he that the four of us were shaken off again and again. He appeared to have the convulsive strength of a man in an epileptic fit. | |
| 2. | Then, as I approached the door, she seized my sleeve and pulled me back with convulsive strength. | |
| 3. | The man was up again in a moment, and with convulsive strength he seized Holmes by the throat, but I struck him on the head with the butt of my revolver, and he dropped again upon the floor. | |
| 4. | It seemed to me that he was making desperate efforts to restrain a convulsive attack of laughter. |