| In this case, the rapid inhalations are preceded by the violent throes of the heart to propel the carbonized blood from the overworked tissues. |
| Our friend is in the throes of producing an inspiration-filled Advent calendar and asked us to contribute something. |
| In its final throes the decaying rock is whittled down into curious rounded shapes standing in a line, like a queue of shrouded figures. |
| Raw eggs being the only foodstuff she would consume while suffering the throes of religious abnegation. |
| For the last week or more, Taiwan has been in the throes of the early stages of a major, perhaps a watershed, political scandal. |
| They eventually go on to have the baby, and two more children, but years later, deep in the throes of her addiction, Isa does the unthinkable. |
