put on the rack
Example Sentences
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Our mathematical imagination is put on the rack by an attempted conception that has all the anguish of a nightmare and probably, could we but awake, all its laughable absurdity.
From The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory by Santayana, George
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
Moreover, she stood in open rebellion at being, so to speak, put on the rack.
From North of Fifty-Three by Fischer, Anton Otto
He was already accustomed to being put on the rack by various whims and wild ideas suggested by his promised bride, that had no substantial basis, however, and were never to be taken seriously.
From 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)
