be racked

Example Sentences

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Every life has to be respected, may be racked by injustice, is deserving of sensitivity – so we write about every life.

From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2016

The internet harassment of 2014 was consistent and debilitating enough that for few months my public-facing email account redirected to a catch-all account that could be racked for anything worthwhile by a colleague.

From The Verge • Jul. 26, 2016

Co-authored with the management studies expert Chris Brody and the former Chelsea director of football operations Mike Forde, it is probably intended to be racked in the business studies shelves at airport bookshops.

From The Guardian • May 27, 2016

The student who owes his primary allegiance to a community of equals is unlikely to be racked with ambition to climb the hierarchy of some established institution.

From Time Magazine Archive

“I would be racked with guilt,” he admitted, “were I not devoted to the belief that the results you will produce will more than outweigh their claim.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson