noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
death throes
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The peace pact seems to be in its death throes .
in its death throes
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The peace pact seems to be in its death throes .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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His large manufacturing company was in the throes of hard times.
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She pitches her proposition in the throes of passionate lovemaking.
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The Jet Ranger arced upwards, a big prehistoric pterodactyl lurching blindly in its death throes .
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The other prime mover was that the slump is now in its dying throes .
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The rouble zone is in its death throes .
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Were we in the throes of a natural disaster?