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
And they would profit by Connecticut's disgrace and correct the abuses before they could be put on the rack.
From A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography by Beers, Clifford Whittingham
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
Moreover, she stood in open rebellion at being, so to speak, put on the rack.
From North of Fifty-Three by Fischer, Anton Otto
The small parcels were put on the rack above our heads.
From Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 by Birmingham, George A.
