wrack
noun
wreck or wreckage.
was wracking
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past progressiveof wrack.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I was wracking my brain to think of another case in show business where there are identical twins who are acting, not together as a team.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2024
“I was wracking my brain looking at the size of the landscape,’’ he said.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2020
I was wracking my brain to remember the last part… and then I stopped, because the mountains came to me first.
From The Verge ● Jan. 29, 2019
“I was wracking my brain because clearly the woman with him was hurt,” Presley said.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 2, 2015
I was wracking my brain for Oregon when the hard Whipple eye fell on me.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
