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Definition of Throes
1. Noun. Violent pangs of suffering. "Death throes"
Definition of Throes
1. Noun. (plural of throe) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Throes
1. throe [n] - See also: throe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Throes
Literary usage of Throes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Review of Reviews and World's Work by Albert Shaw (1904)
"In the Cornhill Magazine for November there isa chatty paper on the "throes of
Composition," by Michael MacDonagh. Trollope, when he heard the idea preached ..."
2. Contemporary France by Gabriel Hanotaux (1907)
"Death-throes of the Assembly.—The Committee of Pardons.—Proposal of Amnesty.—Martial
law and the regime of the Press.—Relative position of the parties. ..."
3. The Concordance Repertory of the More Characteristic Symptoms of the Materia by William Daniel Gentry (1890)
"L.: throes deficient or ceasing; will not be covered. Camph. L.: throes distressing
and of little use; very weak and empty feeling in abdomen. Phos. ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1901)
"Meanwhile the nation was in the throes of the Indian mutiny—a crisis more trying
j previous June, it was in August at its cruel height, and the queen, ..."
5. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"There, wan from her maternal throes, His Margaret, beautiful and mild, 90 Sate
in her bower, a pallid rose, The settled heart of Vengeance daunt, ..."
6. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... VIIL DEATH-throes. ON the morrow, which is the 3d of May, 1788, an astonished
Parlement sits convoked; listens speechless to the speech of D'Espreme'nil ..."
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