wrack

Example Sentences

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Also unearthed were fireplaces containing evidence of the burning of toothed wrack seaweed to form soda ash.

From BBC

Florence, wracked by dissent and besieged by the Holy Roman Empire, remained in ferment until the Medicis consolidated power in 1530 into what became the Duchy of Florence.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now Tansy wracked her brain for what came next.

From Literature

"In other words, these people are coming into a country that is wracked by drought, that has unemployment, and that now has conflict inside it."

From Barron's

For a second, I thought it was Hannie, and I felt wracked with shame and guilt for being such a snooper.

From Literature