throes

/ (θrəʊz) /


pl n
  1. a condition of violent pangs, pain, or convulsions: death throes

  2. 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

  • 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. Overton
  • His thoughts had gone whirling on; here, in this elegant dining-room, the throes of creation seized hold of him.

    Love's Pilgrimage | Upton Sinclair
  • The earth was in labor; the ground heaved and trembled, and those who felt its throes trembled also.

    Black Diamonds | Mr Jkai
  • Of the throes of such a man, when he was quietly alone, few but those who have felt them can have an idea.

  • At this period of his life the chapters of the Koran were delivered in throes of pain.

    The Necessity of Atheism | Dr. D.M. Brooks