I could ask AI or Google it, but I rather ask another human who appears to be passionate about a word. Where else is this word used as you really only see it in the death throes context but what else could throes?
Mostly I hear it in the idiom death throes, or in the throes of passion, but occasionally it pops up in other contexts to describe painful spasms, or difficult upheavals, like workers in the throes of economic turmoil, or the throes of childbirth.
I pass by this mall frequently it’s so dead!!
The new facade is just some death throws to try to revitalize it. It’s not working…
*throes
I mean, I understood the comment just fine, but throe is kind of a neat word and it’s a shame not to use it.
Oh thanks for the feedback! I forgot it was its own word hehe
I could ask AI or Google it, but I rather ask another human who appears to be passionate about a word. Where else is this word used as you really only see it in the death throes context but what else could throes?
Oh, y’know… 😏
Mostly I hear it in the idiom death throes, or in the throes of passion, but occasionally it pops up in other contexts to describe painful spasms, or difficult upheavals, like workers in the throes of economic turmoil, or the throes of childbirth.
It’s not a pleasant word. It’s basically pain or difficulty.
Childbirth is another “in the throes of…”
I am in the throes of a meltdown today due to enshitification on the developer tools I use.
That’s a good use of it.