racked

past tense of rack

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of racked Afterward, Evie walked through the neighborhood and racked her brain. Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for racked
Verb
  • This particular finding presents a more nuanced framing of gun violence and challenges dominant narratives about Chicago’s violence that have plagued the city’s reputation for decades.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The study also pinpointed a bacterium that plagued these colossal ice age creatures.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Mahomes pulled the Chiefs within one in the third quarter.
    Jesse Newell, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The drawstring waist is adjustable and has a stretchy waistband for improved comfort even when pulled tight.
    Anne Taylor, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But Thomas was afflicted by health troubles on the 26-56 Nets last year.
    Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The World Health Organization states that in 2021 alone, nearly 57 million people were afflicted with some form of dementia.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • His deportation to El Salvador violated a 2019 court order that protected him from being deported to his home country because of concerns that he’d be persecuted by violent gangs.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Criminals are to be persecuted.
    Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Emily Brontë appears in every way indifferent to the need for love and companionship that tortured the lives of her sisters.
    Emily Temple September 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Several women were tortured and gang raped.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025

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“Racked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racked. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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