mangle

Example Sentences

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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

"Sitting in a shelter for 16 hours is simply unrealistic," Averina says, as gym staff emerge from the destroyed building with whatever objects they have managed to salvage from the rubble and mangled metal inside.

From BBC

One car’s wheels have been removed; another sports a mangled fender.

From Los Angeles Times

Photos released by the police showed the mangled wreckage of a black sports utility vehicle.

From Barron's