rack

[ræk]

Definition:
1. Framework for holding objects.
2. A support for displaying various articles.
3. Torment emotionally or mentally.

Use 'rack' in a sentence:

• 1. The company racked up $200 million in losses in two years.
• 2. They let the house go to rack and ruin.
• 3. One has shelves and a built-in shoe rack.
• 4. She thought she could never stop until convulsive sobs racked her even more.
• 5. Tom racked his brains during the test trying to solve the problem.
• 6. He lifted the suitcase down from the rack.
• 7. She began to rack her brains to remember what had happened at the nursing home.
• 8. My brain is continually on the rack about the means of living.
• 9. Could you put everything in the overhead rack?
• 10. Hans takes Gretel, ties her to a rope, leads her to the rack, and binds her fast.
• 11. There are racks of musty clothing and piles of junk.
• 12. Invest in a wire steamer rack, also called a steamer insert.
• 13. Her body was racked with sobs.
• 14. I looked through a rack of clothes at the back of the shop.
• 15. Remove from oven; place on a rack and cool.
• 16. The country is now racked by three violent separatist movements.
• 17. Turn the cake the right way up on to a wire rack.
• 18. His already infirm body was racked by high fever.
• 19. She was now shaking with long, racking sobs.
• 20. India while not racking up such an impressive score beat Japan 3-0.
• 21. The company racked up$ 200 million in losses in two years.
• 22. For our clothes, we went to a shop on Hollywood Boulevard, and we just picked it all off the rack.
• 23. She stopped at a hardware store to buy bungee cords for her new bike rack.
• 24. Don't think this job a piece of cake. You'll have to rack your brains once you start on it.
• 25. I will go look at the magazine rack, okay?
• 26. You need a wok with a steaming rack for this; if you don't have one, improvise.
• 27. My rucksack was too big for the luggage rack.
• 28. Only a year ago, he was on the rack with a heroin addiction that began when he was 13.
• 29. Quick introduction to Rack (12:43).
• 30. I took the key for the room off a rack above her head.
• 31. Gloria slid an appraising eye over the rest of the rack before reaching for the dress.
• 32. You have to fight to reach the racks of clothes but the bargains are amazing.
• 33. Hang a key rack by the door up on the wall.
• 34. Let's put our suitcases on the rack.
• 35. A luggage rack is a sensible option.
• 36. We must rack our brains for some answers to his questions.
• 37. If you have only one sink, stack washed dishes in a dish rack and rinse them with a pan of hot water.
• 38. I left it on a rack.
• 39. Fork lifter may to into the passage of each row of the rack, improving the utility ratio of warehouse.
• 40. Anyone taking all these flights over a year might rack up a carbon footprint totaling more than 35 tonnes.
• 41. I just want to buy some off-the-rack clothes.
• 42. Lower rates mean that firms are more likely to rack up profits in the coming months.
• 43. Two knife racks hold her favourite knives.
• 44. The acrylic knife rack shown here costs about $70.
• 45. The old empty house soon went to rack and ruin.
• 46. Leeds kept quiet, stuck to their game plan and quietly racked up the points.
• 47. I led her by the rope, tied her to the rack, and scattered some grass for her.
• 48. I saw it on the rack.
• 49. In ten years of boxing he racked up a record 176 wins.
• 50. Invert the cake onto a cooling rack.
• 51. Violent sobs racked her whole body.
• 52. Her face was racked with pain.
• 53. She racked her brains, trying to remember exactly what she had said.