If someone is experiencing something very unpleasant or emotionally painful, you can say that they are in the throes of it, especially when it is in its final stages.
[formal]
...when the country was going through the final throes of civil war. [+ of]
...the agonising throes of transition.
2.
See in the throes of
3. See also death throes
More Synonyms of throes
throes in British English
(θrəʊz)
plural noun
1.
a condition of violent pangs, pain, or convulsions
death throes
2. in the throes of
More idioms containing
throes
in the throes of something
Examples of 'throes' in a sentence
throes
After lunch she was gone and Simon was in the throes of recruiting her successor.
Martin, Joy THE IMAGE OF LAURA (2001)
"She was going through the throes of enjoying what had unexpectedly come.
Gaskin, Catherine THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN (2001)
In other languages
throes
British English: throes NOUN
If someone is experiencing something very unpleasant or emotionally painful, you can say that they are in the throes of it, especially when it is in its final stages.
...when the country was going through the final throes of civil war.