Sentence examples for raked by from inspiring English sources

Once inside, Helus was raked by gunfire.

I'm pretty sure my dad would've had those raked by now, back in 1975.

Mosques were blasted with rockets, ancient bathhouses ransacked and houses raked by machinegun fire.

Her skin has been raked by the sun, her mouth drawn thin by tension.

Mosques were blasted with rockets, ancient bath-houses ransacked and houses raked by machinegun fire.

Walking in circles, raked by thorns, we eventually started yelling for help.

Outside, massive rocks are raked by light projections of geometric shapes.

Shorn of that epic context, never forced to fight and raked by a hostile press, today's politicians are inevitably diminished.

Jacksonville lost to Cleveland on a game-ending heave and Cincinnati was raked by Carolina, 52-31.

A hefty share of the $269m raked in by Intouchables must be attributable to his smile.

If it contains no thunderous revelations, that should be no surprise: Watergate has been pretty thoroughly raked over by news-hungry journalists and other investigators.