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throes
/ θəʊ /
plural noun
a condition of violent pangs, pain, or convulsions
death throes
struggling with great effort with
a country in the throes of revolution
Example Sentences
After the footage surfaced, Osment said in a statement that he was “absolutely horrified by my behavior ... in the throes of a blackout.”
While most “Mission: Impossible” films depict the public unaware of the catastrophic events the IMF is preventing right under our noses, “Final Reckoning” finds society in the throes of collapse.
The film starred Hoffman as an advertising executive and Streep as his ex-wife who navigate the throes of divorce and its effects on their young son.
A sustained pull back in housing development could have big implications for a city in the throes of an affordability and budgetary crisis.
Such was their renewed chemistry that the band are now in the throes of a new, sixth album.
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