As there were no bridges, except the occasional military, ones, post carts would often be delayed for days at a time, and one's letters would sometimes arrive more or less in a state of pulp.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
The shrub melted to pulp under his tramping feet.
"Son of Power"
Will Levington Comfort and Zamin Ki Dost
It seemed as if his brain had been beaten with sticks; beaten to a pulp.
"Garrison's Finish A Romance of the Race-Course"
W. B. M. Ferguson