throes
pronunciation
How to pronounce throes in British English:
UK [θrəʊz]
How to pronounce throes in American English:
US [θroʊz]
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- Noun:
- violent pangs of suffering
Word Origin
Example
- 1. Franklin roosevelt repealed prohibition in 1933 amid the throes of a depression .
- 2. The industrial age is in its death throes , making way for the unfolding of the network age .
- 3. He sees banking in the throes of profound change .
- 4. Foreign capital fled the emerging world in the throes of the economic crisis .
- 5. America and other advanced nations are now in the early throes of a new jobs transformation , which requires an equally imaginative response .