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racked

adjective C1
  1. Strained, harassed or oppressed.
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At the foot of the bed, half sitting, half kneeling, his face buried in the clothes, was a young man, whose frame was racked by his sobs.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 123 · C1

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