in the throes of
idiom
: experiencing (something painful)
She met him while he was in the throes of a messy divorce.
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Currently in the throes of regret about missing meds and feeling unmotivated and irritable as a result, despite my original plan to run with the dog.
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The intrigue: New Orleans, which has been preparing to host the Super Bowl for years, will be deep in the throes of Carnival.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024
The last time students at the institution had their own housing was in the 1920s, before the college lost its main campus in the throes of the Great Depression and relocated to a smaller campus in Louisville's Park Hill neighborhood.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 8 Oct. 2024
But critics say the schools are failing many of those students, evidenced by incidents where youths are restrained and secluded in the throes of a crisis, or in Caleb’s case, where law enforcement are called in to take over for school staff.
—Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 25 Sep. 2024
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R29 Team, refinery29.com, 23 Oct. 2024
The intrigue: New Orleans, which has been preparing to host the Super Bowl for years, will be deep in the throes of Carnival.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024
The last time students at the institution had their own housing was in the 1920s, before the college lost its main campus in the throes of the Great Depression and relocated to a smaller campus in Louisville's Park Hill neighborhood.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 8 Oct. 2024
But critics say the schools are failing many of those students, evidenced by incidents where youths are restrained and secluded in the throes of a crisis, or in Caleb’s case, where law enforcement are called in to take over for school staff.
—Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 25 Sep. 2024
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