birth pangs

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plural noun

pains associated with the process of childbirth.

Informal. the hardships and difficulties accompanying a major innovation, change, or new venture.

Origin of birth pangs

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby birth pangs

birth mother, birth name, birthnight, birth palsy, birth pang, birth pangs, birth parent, birthplace, birthrate, birthright, birthright citizenship

Example sentences from the Web for birth pangs

He can only study the trend of things and "alleviate the birth-pangs" of the new time.
Socialism and Democracy in Europe|Samuel P. Orth
No Hercules will reward my travail, so do not expect of me the birth-pangs that are torturing Virgil.
Roads from Rome|Anne C. E. Allinson
In anguish, fear, and humiliation had his love been born, but the birth-pangs had been as brief as they were intense.
Idolatry|Julian Hawthorne
The marks of the birth-pangs remain on the land; its struggle for breath was too terrible, its scars too deep to hide or cover.
The Maid-At-Arms|Robert W. Chambers

It would seem as if bringing forth must be always accompanied by birth-pangs.
The Secret Life |Elizabeth Bisland

单词	birth pangs
释义	birth pangs SEE SYNONYMS FOR birth pangs ON THESAURUS.COM plural noun pains associated with the process of childbirth. Informal. the hardships and difficulties accompanying a major innovation, change, or new venture. Origin of birth pangs First recorded in 1885–90 Words nearby birth pangs birth mother, birth name, birthnight, birth palsy, birth pang, birth pangs, birth parent, birthplace, birthrate, birthright, birthright citizenship Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for birth pangs He can only study the trend of things and "alleviate the birth-pangs" of the new time. Socialism and Democracy in Europe\|Samuel P. Orth No Hercules will reward my travail, so do not expect of me the birth-pangs that are torturing Virgil. Roads from Rome\|Anne C. E. Allinson In anguish, fear, and humiliation had his love been born, but the birth-pangs had been as brief as they were intense. Idolatry\|Julian Hawthorne The marks of the birth-pangs remain on the land; its struggle for breath was too terrible, its scars too deep to hide or cover. The Maid-At-Arms\|Robert W. Chambers It would seem as if bringing forth must be always accompanied by birth-pangs. The Secret Life \|Elizabeth Bisland Words related to birth pangs delivery, travail, birth, childbearing, parturition, contractions, throes, pains
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birth pangs

plural noun

Origin of birth pangs

Words nearby birth pangs

Example sentences from the Web for birth pangs

Words related to birth pangs