put on the rack
Example Sentences
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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
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
He had answered some such remark a hundred times that evening, but he would surely be put on the rack in a moment by some fantastic disclosure which none save a lunatic would dream of.
From One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York by Tracy, Louis
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
