in the throes of

idiom

: experiencing (something painful)
She met him while he was in the throes of a messy divorce.

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On the flip side, few were saying buy everything in April in the throes of despair and what looked to be just the start of a never-ending slide on a near-daily barrage of negative tariff headlines. Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 9 May 2025 For example, the Fed lowered interest rates to stimulate the economy in the throes of the Great Recession in 2008, when job losses were rampant. Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 8 May 2025 Listen to this article BALTIMORE — As April 2024 came to an end, Aaron Judge found himself in the throes of unfamiliar struggles. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025 At the time, his cousin was deep in the throes of an addiction and mental health crisis, struggling to work, and often at odds with his bandmates. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in the throes of

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“In the throes of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20throes%20of. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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