How to pronounce throes
Listen to throes in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“throes” in real sentences
97 clips in the index · 15 American · 28 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Humankind is in the throes of a revolution.
ABC News In-depth · hear it here
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An artist in the agonizing throes of a creation.
60 Minutes · hear it here
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before plunging to the ground and its death throes.
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
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the throes of the pandemic inevitably influence your perspective?
British Library · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of throes. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.