mangle

Example Sentences

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Even so, I lifted the poor, mangled thing in a toast—then chomped off the bottom.

From Literature

Such gaps are not abstract — they represent real human lives that are lost or mangled.

From Salon

On Thursday, mangled metal screeched as an excavator compacted the skeletons of former homes.

From Los Angeles Times

His right hand is worse than the left, mangled into a knot.

From Literature

Coal twisted, trying to get loose, but only managed to get his pants further mangled.

From Literature