death throes

Examples (20)

• The wounded animal writhed in its death throes on the forest floor.
• The old empire was in its death throes for several decades.
• The once-mighty empire was in its death throes, plagued by internal conflict and external invasions.
• He watched the wounded animal in its death throes.
• We are witnessing the death throes of a company that refused to adapt to the digital age.
• The struggling company is clearly in its death throes.
• By 1740, European feudalism was in its death throes.
• The patient lingered for days in the death throes of the disease.
• The dictator's regime entered its final death throes as protesters stormed the capital.
• Many believed the political party was in its death throes after the election.
• In the play's last act, the villain gasps through his death throes after being poisoned.
• The final stage of the battle felt like the death throes of an era.
• The print newspaper industry seems to be in its final death throes.
• Economists warned that the industry was entering its death throes.
• The rise of streaming services marked the beginning of the video rental store's death throes.
• Despite the desperate attempts, the old system was in its death throes.
• The old soldier described the terrible sight of a battlefield filled with men in their death throes.
• The defeated army's last stand was nothing more than its death throes.
• That outdated political ideology is now in its death throes, rejected by a new generation.
• She described the painful final moments as the death throes of a loved one.