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
On the night of Jan. 29, Tim was in a hotel room in New Jersey between flights when he turned on the TV and saw mangled aircraft sinking into the Potomac.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
On Thursday, mangled metal screeched as an excavator compacted the skeletons of former homes.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
Others showed a mangled wreckage of a black sports utility vehicle.
From Barron's • Dec. 30, 2025
His right hand is worse than the left, mangled into a knot.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
