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Meanings of wrack by in English

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Usage of wrack by in English
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Three months after it voted for change, Poland is wracked by crisis.
The Irish Times
2
Her crying exploded to a higher pitch, her body wracked by sobs.
Genellan: planetfall
3
Barbarin resigned after his diocese was wracked by a paedophile priest scandal.
The Irish Times
4
The old lady wracked by sobs and at her feet was cartoon.
The new yorker
5
So, for now, he's just a big, stupid brute wracked by agony.
Surrender to the will of the night
6
Mexico has been wracked by drug violence in the past decade.
Reuters
7
In a country wracked by sectarian strife, aid workers tread carefully.
Reuters
8
Somalia has been wracked by factional fighting since a dictatorship collapsed in 1991.
Reuters
9
The eastern provinces of DRC have been wracked by conflict for many decades.
The Guardian
10
Meera's body is wracked by electrical activity, and she collapses, almost losing consciousness.
Breathe
11
Chile has been wracked by some 150 strong aftershocks since Saturday.
Reuters
12
Natalie was openly weeping now, her body wracked by rugged sobs.
The clouds beneath the sun
13
This was a movement that had been wracked by a decade of division.
The Irish Times
14
She spent ten minutes in the bathroom wracked by dry heaves.
Ape House
15
In 1963, ten years after Hank's death, Doc himself is wracked by addiction.
I'll never get out of this world alive
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Raistlin's body was wracked by coughing spasms and blood trickled from his mouth.
Dragons of autumn twilight