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How to use throe in a sentence

16 example sentences · noun, verb

Throe means a severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die. Example: “In her death throes, she made a sound and reached outward.”

More sentences with throe

  • In her death throes, she made a sound and reached outward.From the entry death throe
  • As part of its death throes, the printer made a grinding sound and then never worked again.From the entry death throe
  • We won't be able to meet next week as we will be in the throes of moving offices. Perhaps the week after will be better.From the entry in the throes of
  • Loving the rosaries of frank admittedness, throes of sinking ships and snakes speaking English.2011 February 8, Anthony Haas, Dawn Peyote, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 216. From the entry admittedness
  • Duet is a "will-they-won't-they?" sit-com about a young couple best described as in the throes of 'courting'.1987, The Listener. From the entry will-they-won't-they
  • In the throes of death it would pull the whale fisher at great speed.1985, Fritz Spiess, William J. Emery, The Meteor Expedition, page 197. From the entry whale fisher
  • Or a werefish, which would flip and flop in death throes on the floor of this cave?”1961, Ray Russell, Sardonicus and Other Stories, New York, NY: Ballantine Books, page 60. From the entry werefish
  • The Fulbright Program, which was initiated in the throes of the Korean War, has been one such helping hand.2010, Lee Myung-bak, “Foreword”, in Jai Ok Shim, James F. Larson, Frederick F. Carriere, Horace H. Underwood, Fulbright in Korea’s Future…. From the entry a friend in need is a friend indeed
  • They were usually strung up like rats, left to dance, their death throes sometimes seeming to last forever.2001, Paul Doherty, The Hangman's Hymn (Canterbury Tales Mysteries, Book 5). From the entry dance
  • Meanwhile his frau made loud mewling and scratching noises in the hallway beyond, deep in the throes of advanced galeanthropy.1994 May 20, Matthew Marchese, “Tales of Obscure Usage I”, in talk.bizarre (Usenet), message-ID <1994May20.134031.17065@driftwood.cray.com>. From the entry galeanthropy
  • Techies were the most juvenile, but other wealthy men, in the full throes of boomeritis, also acted like kids in a candy store.2009, Larry Samuel, Rich: the rise and fall of American wealth culture, page 222. From the entry boomeritis
  • But the young Doctor has entered the throes of a most unhippocratic excitement at the boatman's cry, and shouts, 'I'm coming just now!1981, Salman Rushdie, Midnight's children. From the entry unhippocratic
  • For amid the travailsome throes of this political hurly burly is sent a prime sensation to relieve the tension of the public mind.1909 September 3, “Pointed Pars”, in The Telegraph, number 11,481, Brisbane, Qld., →OCLC, page 6, column 4. From the entry travailsome
  • So while in the throes of Dunning-Kruger and Advanced Beginnerism, they're being given Expert-sounding titles and told that they're rock stars and ninjas by recruiters, especially in today's economy.2013 October 1, Erik Dietrich, The Expert Beginner, BlogIntoBook.com. From the entry Dunning-Kruger
  • Youp had erased her face from his videotheque, but he was still in the throes of last night's excitement, so he decided to indulge himself with another blonde tonight.2003, Zdravka Evtimova, Bitter Sky, page 185. From the entry videotheque
  • But it was an empire in the continual throes of a decline which, despite periods of respite and glimpses of momentary recovery, was to prove irreversible.1979, Lord Kinross, The Ottoman Centuries: the Rise and Fall of the Turkish Empire, page 616. From the entry Ottoman Empire

Meaning of throe

  1. noun A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.
  2. noun The pain of labour or childbirth; the suffering of death.
  3. noun Any severe pang or spasm, especially an outburst of feeling; a paroxysm.

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Questions about throe in a sentence

How do you use throe in a sentence?
Throe is used as a noun and verb. For example: “In her death throes, she made a sound and reached outward.”
What is a short sentence with throe?
“In her death throes, she made a sound and reached outward.”
What does throe mean?
Throe means a severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.

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