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US
/ˈdɛnt/
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[ UK /dˈɛnt/ ]
[ UK /dˈɛnt/ ]
VERB
-
make a depression into
The bicycle dented my car
NOUN
- an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
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an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
it made a dent in my bank account - a depression scratched or carved into a surface
How To Use dent In A Sentence
- If we have spent several class periods introducing conventions of reasoned evidence in argumentative writing, we usually look for such features in student papers.
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- The residents are mostly impoverished families who survive by collecting recyclable garbage.
- If Obama runs for President, he'll need a good nomenclator. Sound Politics: Marcy Burner?
- China says it respects the legitimate status of President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) while calling on Palestinian forces to end conflicts.
- This proposed procurement is a continuation of an existing contractual agreement for the developed prototype NASA Student Ambassadors Virtual Community (NSAVC) web site. ... Curious Virtual Community Procurement - NASA Watch
- I had written quite a lot of orchestral music in my student days.
- Confident, tanned and talkative, he looked the epitome of the champion he longs to be again. Times, Sunday Times
- Chile's top constitutional court blocked a government bid to promote the free distribution of the morning-after pill to minors aged 14 and over, dealing a new setback to President Michelle Bachelet.
- The mighty Dragon sneers at the prudent and penny-pinching.