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throes

British  
/ θrəʊz /

plural noun

  1. a condition of violent pangs, pain, or convulsions

    death throes

  2. struggling with great effort with

    a country in the throes of revolution
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The northerners stumbled away from the animal's death throes.

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Today’s affluent societies are in the throes of a plague of obesity, which is rapidly spreading to developing countries.

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All those nights working the shoe-shine rag hadn’t prepared me for how it would feel to be down in the throes of it all.

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My parents were in the throes of a nervous breakdown, and I had driven them to the edge of insanity.

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And for a moment, while all were silent and still, watching the Lord in his throes, he wavered.

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