nerve rack

English

Noun

nerve rack (plural nerve racks)

  1. A state of extreme emotional distress from a nerve-racking experience.
    • 1903, Burnside Foster, Saint Paul Medical Journal - Volume 5, page 372:
      A hypodermic will secure much needed rest and promptly relieve bone ache and nerve rack.
    • 1917, The Christian Workers Magazine - Volume 18, page 420:
      Prayer has been abundantly answered in my case, and I desire your further intercessions that right soon all nerve rack and strain may pass away and that I may be once more full of power and vigor for the work of the Lord.
    • 1927, Ruby Elliot Cromer, Lamuriac and other sketches, page 18:
      I think after these evenings of suspense and nerve rack a reaction of fatigue and depression is apt to follow the next morning.

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