throes
throes /θr'oʊz/
1 [N-PLURAL] usu prep N, N of n
If someone is experiencing something very unpleasant or emotionally painful, you can say that they are in the throes of it, especially when it is in its final stages. (FORMAL)
...when the country was going through the final throes of civil war.
2 [PREP-PHRASE]
If you are in the throes of doing or experiencing something, especially something difficult, you are busy doing it or are deeply involved in it. (FORMAL)
The country is in the throes of a general election...
3
see also death throesdeath throes
also death-throes
1 [N-PLURAL] usu with poss
The death throes of something are its final stages, just before it fails completely or ends. (LITERARY)
2 [N-PLURAL] oft in poss N
If a person or animal is in their death throes, they are dying and making violent, uncontrolled movements, usually because they are suffering great pain.
1 [N-PLURAL] usu prep N, N of n
If someone is experiencing something very unpleasant or emotionally painful, you can say that they are in the throes of it, especially when it is in its final stages. (FORMAL)
...when the country was going through the final throes of civil war.
2 [PREP-PHRASE]
If you are in the throes of doing or experiencing something, especially something difficult, you are busy doing it or are deeply involved in it. (FORMAL)
The country is in the throes of a general election...
3
see also death throesdeath throes
also death-throes
1 [N-PLURAL] usu with poss
The death throes of something are its final stages, just before it fails completely or ends. (LITERARY)
2 [N-PLURAL] oft in poss N
If a person or animal is in their death throes, they are dying and making violent, uncontrolled movements, usually because they are suffering great pain.