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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.
Use the tines of a fork to flatten and indent crisscross patterns over the tops of each cookie.
From Salon
For the cookies, shape the dough into 1-inch balls, indenting each with your thumb.
From Salon
Her bare feet make indents in the ice as she walks, which shouldn’t be possible.
From Literature
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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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.