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Example Sentences

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Even very large events, such as Covid or the collapse of Soviet industry, at most leave a noticeable indent only on the varying annual rate of emissions increase, not overall atmospheric CO2.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Use the tines of a fork to flatten and indent crisscross patterns over the tops of each cookie.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2025

Gaby said her scars were bigger than she expected, with one on her leg from a skin graft and an indent on her face from the tumour, but she found them "quite cool now".

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025

If you quote more than one paragraph, indent the first line of each subsequent paragraph one-half inch.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Ben slides the Cog along my neck at the top of my spine, until it catches in the indent at the base of my skull.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera