indented

Example Sentences

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When he opened one package, it was pressed solid, the number 300 indented in the surface.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Throughout January, people across Chicago ventured out to the neighborhood of Roscoe Village to stare at a sidewalk—and pay their respects to the impression of a rat indented in the concrete.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2024

Track personnel had to do repairs to the safer barrier that was indented by the contact from Ware.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2022

A lopsided white one, with gently indented fingerprints mottling its surface like fish scales, rests on the decaying tatami in the large front room.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2021

Europe has a highly indented coastline, with five large peninsulas that approach islands in their isolation, and all of which evolved independent languages, ethnic groups, and governments: Greece, Italy, Iberia, Denmark, and Norway/Sweden.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond