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