THROE in a Sentence

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1. Mercutio, fatally stabbed, staggers round the stage in his death throes.
2. The country is presently in the throes of the worst recession since the second world war.
3. Then a throe swept over her and she brought her knees up toward her belly and her eyes squeezed shut.
4. They talked and wrestled in the throes of composition, and felt as if something were happening, really happening, really in the void.

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 Meanings and Examples of THROE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
throe
 n.  severe pang of pain, as in childbirth; condition of agonizing struggle or trouble
Classic Sentence:
1  On its borders I trust we stand; and the throes that now convulse the nations are, to my hope, but the birth-pangs of an hour of universal peace and brotherhood.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
2  They talked and wrestled in the throes of composition, and felt as if something were happening, really happening, really in the void.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
Example Sentence:
1  Then a throe swept over her and she brought her knees up toward her belly and her eyes squeezed shut.
2  The country is presently in the throes of the worst recession since the second world war.
3  Mercutio, fatally stabbed, staggers round the stage in his death throes.