Examples of throe in a Sentence
collapsed in the throes of agony
that third-world country is caught up in the throes of a democratic revolution
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While the Knicks are now the toast of the town for the first time since 1973, the other sports teams that call the metropolitan area home are each in the throes of a long championship drought.
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Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 18 June 2026
First filmed before the pandemic and launched in its throes, a survivor of the era of streaming wars, corporate consolidation and Hollywood strikes, HBO’s addictively dissolute workplace drama remains as ambitious and authoritative as ever.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
The weeklong visit to Spain by Pope Leo XIV has brought the pontiff to a once-staunchly Catholic country that has long been in the throes of waning religious practice and, recently, a political crisis for the governing Socialist Party.
—ABC News, 6 June 2026
His own son, Ethan, in the throes of a mental health crisis, threw Tom’s wife down the stairs, killing her.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 2 June 2026
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Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 18 June 2026
First filmed before the pandemic and launched in its throes, a survivor of the era of streaming wars, corporate consolidation and Hollywood strikes, HBO’s addictively dissolute workplace drama remains as ambitious and authoritative as ever.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
The weeklong visit to Spain by Pope Leo XIV has brought the pontiff to a once-staunchly Catholic country that has long been in the throes of waning religious practice and, recently, a political crisis for the governing Socialist Party.
—ABC News, 6 June 2026
His own son, Ethan, in the throes of a mental health crisis, threw Tom’s wife down the stairs, killing her.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 2 June 2026
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“Throe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/throe. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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