Example Sentences

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The deadpan mangler of the English language who thrived in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s as a television, nightclub and casino comedian.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2020

Norm Crosby, 93, the deadpan mangler of the English language who thrived in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s as a television, nightclub and casino comedian, died Nov. 7 of heart failure in Los Angeles.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2020

Americans who remember Ike at all tend to recall a do-little President or a mangler of sentences at press conferences.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jimmy Durante is, for example, no ordinary word mangler.

From Time Magazine Archive

Note that system mangler is somewhat different in connotation.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.