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Rule "throws (throes)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: throws (throes)
Message: Did you mean <suggestion>throes</suggestion> (= a painful struggle)?
Category: Possible Typo (ID: TYPOS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • He was in the final throws of death.
    Correction suggestion: throes
ID: THROWS_THROES [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-21 22:33:10 +0100)