mangle
Example Sentences
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But whether she uses the term “African American woman” or “Black woman,” machine distortions that mangle facial features and hair textures occur at high rates.
From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2023
Giant pumps that send water south through aqueducts mangle the critters or draw them into the grasp of lurking predators.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2023
The downtown area of Trumann on Sunday morning was still a mangle of downed power lines, shattered glass and damaged cars strewn about as if they were children’s toys.
From Washington Post • Dec. 12, 2021
Ms Bowler said the ring had had "a charmed life" and had been damaged going through a mangle, but it was not expensive jewellery that caught her mother's eye.
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2021
It wasn’t why she’d come, for one thing, but even if it was, it was unthinkable that she should mangle this dream.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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