throes
Britishplural noun
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a condition of violent pangs, pain, or convulsions
death throes
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struggling with great effort with
a country in the throes of revolution
Example Sentences
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We are deep in the throes of a sugar-saturated season, which is precisely why I want to make the case for something savory, should the mood strike.
From Salon
Another reported that the artist would wake up at 3 a.m. to lug his supplies to the perfect spot and, in the throes of his work, would forget to eat all day.
Caught in the throes of optoomuchism, people become convinced that nothing can go wrong.
From Literature
Tech companies are in the throes of an unprecedented build-out of datacenter infrastructure in the U.S., the scale of which has raised concerns among some investors and industry executives about an AI bubble.
On Tuesday, investors were in the throes of a global stock-market selloff triggered by concerns about valuations from corporate chief executives like Goldman Sachs’s David Solomon.
From MarketWatch
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