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throes

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. throesnoun

    violent pangs of suffering

    "death throes"

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  1. throes

    Throes refers to intense or violent pain and struggle, especially accompanying birth, death, or great change. It can also signify a condition of agonizing struggle or effort.

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  1. others

  2. other's

  3. reshot

  4. re-shot

  5. tosher

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of throes in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of throes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of throes in a Sentence

  1. President Tayyip Erdogan:

    These are the last throes of the separatist terror group. These are also the last throes of their extensions.

  2. Scott C. Holstad:

    maybe it’s just my imagination but I can smell the stench of a decaying humanity wallowing in the throes of hypocrisy, apathy, misery and I take a DEEP breath before stepping out.

  3. Deborah Carr:

    When people first fall in love, where they first feel infatuation, sometimes logic goes out the window, there's lots of data showing that logical thought patterns sometimes get lost in the fray when someone really is very attracted to a person or they're feeling the throes of passion.

  4. El-Mahdi Holly-Haile:

    Some of the best truths for which to live were realized in the throes of death.

  5. Daniel Munoz:

    What's striking is that they were very careful to select patients who weren't in the active throes of a heart attack and who didn't have an alarming ECG, and both the physicians and the patients still overestimated the risks.

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