Synonyms for throes
throes

Princeton's WordNet

1. throesnoun

   violent pangs of suffering

   "death throes"

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1. • Suffering

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1. List of paraphrases for "throes":

   pangs, agonies, horrors

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1. 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.

2. Skid Row:

   Though many people may not realize it, we are in the throes of a mental health state of emergency. though many times this is understandable from a legal and public safety standpoint.

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. Leigh Stringer:

   Take them outside the throes of work and have an off-site discussion that shows you care about them as a person. Reaching out is very important.

5. Kerenga Kua:

   We, as a government, have opted to re-look at the (Papua LNG) agreement because it was signed at a time when we were in the throes, or in the process, of changing the government, it's about weighing it between the nervousness of the investors and the pain and suffering of our own people ... by consultation you will be able to test the threshold of tolerance and then find that balance.