put on the rack
Example Sentences
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But if that is so it is a misfortune, not a crime for which one should be put on the rack!
From The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography by Strachey, John St. Loe
I was the most despised, forlorn man on earth; and when thus put on the rack, had I there expired, my epitaph would have been, “Here lies the traitor, Trenck.”
From The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2 by Holcroft, Thomas
The small parcels were put on the rack above our heads.
From Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 by Birmingham, George A.
Moreover, she stood in open rebellion at being, so to speak, put on the rack.
From North of Fifty-Three by Fischer, Anton Otto
Mr. Pickwick himself might have been called and put on the rack, this incident not concerning his breach of promise.
From Bardell v. Pickwick by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington
