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Definition of the day : « racked »

  • verb torture; strain
Example sentences :
  • In silence the three of us racked our brains for a means of defence.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • You racked your brains to discover the cause of this change.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • His body was racked with pain, and his head seemed enormous.
  • Extract from : « In the Orbit of Saturn » by Roman Frederick Starzl
  • The hardness of the ice beneath the snow surface had racked his body in every joint.
  • Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
  • He had racked his brain to find so much as one, all day long.
  • Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
  • He racked his brains, and suddenly bethought him of another move.
  • Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • On the instant, however, I racked my brain for some persuasive argument.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
  • The solitude of the racked victim was particularly horrible to behold.
  • Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
  • He racked his brain for a stray gleam of retrospect, but it was not forthcoming.
  • Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
  • I hover over my racked body like a ghost, and exist in an interregnum.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill