Examples of “mangle” in a Sentence

verb To damage something badly by crushing, tearing, or cutting it out of shape.

• The car door was mangled in the crash.
• He mangled his finger in the machinery at the factory.

verb To ruin or badly botch something, such as words or a piece of work.

• The presenter mangled the CEO's name twice during the introduction.

noun A hand-cranked device with rollers used to wring water out of wet laundry.

• Grandma still keeps an old mangle in the wash house.