racking

Not coincidentally, his weekly is basking in the spotlight—and racking up huge sales—while performing this “service.”

His companion sat still with signs of tension in his face, and it was clear that he was racking his befogged brain.

After racking his imagination, it occurred to him to bribe the blowsy waiting-maid with gold.

He made the mere unlocking of the door a nerve-racking sound, and stamped in swearing under his breath.

And the night before Herbert Murray was to set sail, he lay groaning and moaning with racking pains.

Again one of those agonizing waits, racking to the two men whose future depended largely upon the happenings atop the range.