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throes

/θɹoʊz/

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What does throes mean?

noun

  1. plural of throe

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IPA pronunciation

/θɹoʊz/

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He stepped out into the hall, and stood at the bottom of the stairs in the throes of doubt.
Christopher MorleyThe Haunted BookshopProject Gutenberg ebook #172
She could not help respecting her spirit and her desire, even in the throes of sickness, for a tidy bedroom.
Virginia WoolfThe Voyage OutProject Gutenberg ebook #144
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Indisposed to hesitate, and full of impatient impulses—soul and senses quivering with keen throes—I put it back and looked in.
Charlotte BrontëJane Eyre: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #1260
She entered this refuge, and on the next day she was seized with throes, and she gave birth to a son.
Louis GinzbergThe Legends of the Jews — Volume 1Translated by Henrietta SzoldProject Gutenberg ebook #1493
During the time that he was in the throes of his invention, he was very miserable, weighed down with dyspepsia and sick headaches.
Samuel SmilesMen of Invention and IndustryProject Gutenberg ebook #725