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. Diana Choyleva:

   China's equity market is currently in the throes of a pledged-shares meltdown.

3. Mark Meckler:

   The biggest takeaway is that the Republican establishment is in its death throes. The only remaining candidates are 100 percent anti-establishment.

4. President Tayyip Erdogan:

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

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.