rack body

Frequency: 4.00.9 per million words

Used to describe being afflicted by severe pain or sobs.

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Examples (10)

  • 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.