throes
/ (θrəʊz) /
a condition of violent pangs, pain, or convulsions: death throes
in the throes of struggling with great effort with: a country in the throes of revolution
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How to use throes in a sentence
Truth be told, there is no one better at capturing the agony and alarm of a woman in the throes of a nervous breakdown than Moore.
Across the country, high school seniors are in the throes of completing college applications before looming deadlines.
Forget the Kids Who Can’t Get In; What About Those Who Don’t Even Apply? | Jonah Edelman | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd suddenly you were in the throes of both creation and destruction.
“Only my work holds my heart,” he wrote in the throes of his first serious relationship.
John Lahr’s Biography Perfectly Captures Tennessee Williams’ Tortured Greatness | Wendy Smith | September 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSeven months after the attack on the government center, the al Qaeda insurgency was in its death throes.
For two full centuries the land had laboured under the throes of the Reformation.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century | Charles J. Abbey and John H. OvertonHis thoughts had gone whirling on; here, in this elegant dining-room, the throes of creation seized hold of him.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton SinclairThe earth was in labor; the ground heaved and trembled, and those who felt its throes trembled also.
Black Diamonds | Mr JkaiOf the throes of such a man, when he was quietly alone, few but those who have felt them can have an idea.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas InmanAt this period of his life the chapters of the Koran were delivered in throes of pain.
The Necessity of Atheism | Dr. D.M. Brooks
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