wrack
noun
wreck or wreckage.
is wracking
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present progressiveof wrack (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Economists argue that the current round of inflation that is wracking the economy results from the lingering effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the supply-chain crisis it spawned.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 10, 2022
Right now there is an enormous problem for people, to use Arnold's phrase, that is wracking the world.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 22, 2021
