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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. El-Mahdi Holly-Haile:

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

  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. 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.

  4. President Tayyip Erdogan:

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

  5. Philip Sidney:

    Thus, with child to speak, and helpless in my throes, biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite: Fool! said my muse to me, look in thy heart, and write.

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