mangled
Example Sentences
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Mangled boats and massive chunks of concrete docks still litter the coastline in Fort Myers, the county seat of Lee County, one of the nation’s most Republican-leaning counties.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 23, 2022
Mangled traffic signs stick out from the mud.
From Washington Times • Jul. 4, 2021
Mangled gates and broken walls and steel-reinforced columns holding up nothing.
From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2019
Mangled street lamps and, of all relics, a phone booth, are still bolted to the upturned wood.
From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2012
Not in each shell the diver brings to air Is found the priceless pearl, but only where Mangled, and torn, and bruised well-nigh to death, The wounded oyster draws its laboring breath.
From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James
