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

Both senators had made remarks earlier in their respective hearings in which they displayed a solid grasp of the concepts they later appeared to mangle.

From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 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

They turn the mangle room, where wet clothes are wrung out to dry, into a studio so he can paint and draw at home.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman