How to Use wrack in a Sentence

wrack

verb
  • End-stage liver disease wracked her body.
    — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • He was wracked by a wicked cough, no doubt caused by his constant smoking.
    — Kim Gordon, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
  • These are things that like really wrack the minds of a lot of creatives.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Rowe wracked her brain for something, or someone, who might be able to help her sister.
    — Kavitha Surana, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
  • Rowe wracked her brain for something, or someone, who might be able to help her sister.
    — Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 26 May 2026
  • Felder goes on to say that parents shouldn’t be wracked with guilt if their mornings aren’t perfect.
    — Katrina Donham, Parents, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Then came the opioid crisis, which wracked the West Side.
    — Steve Sewall, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
  • This suffering earth is wracked by extremes.
    — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • Sam is totally wracked with guilt about his violent past now.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Her cough wracks her whole body, rounding her delicate bird shoulders.
    — Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
  • What followed for the rest of the demo was a complex and nerve-wracking chase sequence.
    — David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Snow, ice, tight merges, and heavy traffic can turn even short journeys into slow, nerve-wracking drives.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The woman who recorded the nerve-wracking trip said, at times, both of the driver's hands were off the wheel.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Her mother, wracked with grief, still wanted to speak to us about her innocent little girl.
    — Greg Palkot, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Other areas were wracked by strong thunderstorms and winds up to 60 miles per hour.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • But the saxophonist remained wracked with self-doubt.
    — William Schomberg, USA Today, 25 May 2026
  • Then came the nerve-wracking part — bringing it to Jackson himself.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Peru, wracked by its own outbreak, has declared an emergency in much of the country.
    — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
  • After the chaos that wracked Minnesota this year, music can be a solace.
    — Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Screenings, too, were wracked by technical problems.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
  • If the trailer is anything to go by, the next day she is transferred to a morgue with hardly having slept and still wracked by guilt.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
  • In fact, 60 years ago, the industry was wracked by a similar double strike.
    — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2023
  • But this rotation would wrack the megastructure with yet more destructive stress.
    — Adam Hadhazy, Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Shawn, too, is wracked and fascinated by the human ability to smile and smile and be a villain.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Haiti has been wracked by violence and unrest, and the capital city has been overtaken by gangs.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Altuve played in 155 games, his most since 2016, for a club wracked by injuries.
    — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The scene can be especially nerve-wracking for teams that lack experience on the big stage.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • And so began what turned into four nerve-wracking weeks in the hospital fighting to get Kennedy back to health.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Wil Lutz added a 36-yard field goal with just over one minute remaining but there was still time for a nerve-wracking end.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Kim The call left Kim Grindell disgusted, furious and wracked with guilt.
    — Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 20 June 2026

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