mangle

Example Sentences

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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

If others want to mangle their feet and suffer back problems, that is their business.

From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2022

Then I mangle a “merci” and step between the tables, each crowded with young tech workers speaking in euphonic blends of French and English, to a stool by the window overlooking the crowded street.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022

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

The mangle turned of its own accord in a corner, wringing out what looked like one of Mr. Weasley’s vests.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling