Example Sentences

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For the viewer, the wait is rackingly tense, as real as a newsreel.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the viewer, the wait is rackingly tense, as real as a newsreel.

From Time Magazine Archive

My lungs as usual were fed up with all this work, and from now on would only go rackingly through the motions.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

Francie wept quietly and rackingly, tears of shame and fear.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

And even as she smiled a great lump came into her throat, and the bruise blurred before her eyes, and she was crying rackingly, relievedly, huddled there in her red plush corner.

From Fanny Herself by Ferber, Edna