rack body
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Used to describe being afflicted by severe pain or sobs.
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- Pain racked her body, making it hard to breathe.
- Uncontrollable sobs racked his entire body as he mourned.
- A high fever was racking the patient's body throughout the night.
- Every morning, a violent fit of coughing racks his frail body.
- The force of the explosion racked his body and threw him to the ground.
- Guilt and remorse racked her body, leaving her sleepless for nights.
- Even after the medication, painful spasms continued to rack his body.
- As the venom spread, convulsions began to rack the snakebite victim's body.
- Shivering fits racked the climber's body in the freezing wind.
- A final, agonizing tremor racked the old man's body before he lay still.