throes [ throh ]
[ noun ]
MEANING :
1. (n.) a painful spasm or a pang
2. (n.) the agony of or violent convulsion
3. (n.) a sharp attack of emotion
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
The wounded policeman was in the throes of death by the time he was rushed to the hospital.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
She was speaking at the end of a visit to the country which is once again in the throes of civil war.
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