mangled
Example Sentences
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Such gaps are not abstract — they represent real human lives that are lost or mangled.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
"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 • Jan. 16, 2026
One car’s wheels have been removed; another sports a mangled fender.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026
Photos released by the police showed the mangled wreckage of a black sports utility vehicle.
From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026
In the mangled maze of dead trees, he can’t feel those things.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
