birth pangs

NOUN

labor

Synonyms

STRONG

birth childbearing contractions delivery pains parturition throes travail

WEAK

giving birth

Antonyms

WEAK

entertainment fun management manager

Example Sentences

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"I started having birth pangs pretty much as we started leaving Carlisle," she said.

From BBC

Colin adds that despite the franchise's birth pangs, there was a sense within the original team that they were on to something.

From BBC

Among "birth pangs," a "hollow" and "a vacancy," "The Rabbit Catcher" includes objects that resemble umbilical cords.

From Salon

Lemon writes that we may be seeing “the death throes of White supremacy in concert with the birth pangs of racial renaissance.”

From Washington Post

His knack for conveying compositional struggle ingeniously reflects his theme — a nation’s birth pangs.

From Washington Post