Example Sentences

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And Mickey’s rock-and-roll antics have wracked his body.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2019

I have wracked my brain thinking about how this partnership might have been hatched.

From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2019

“I have wracked my brain to ask if I remember Mr. Brunton, and I cannot say I do,” Mr. Takei said.

From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2017

I wrote to ask him whether Berliners had somehow felt exempt from the sort of attacks that have wracked cities like London, Paris and Nice, France.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2016

Federalism questions have wracked the nation since the start of the Republic.

From Slate • Dec. 14, 2011