Explore Dent through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like consequence or imprint. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Dent in a sentence
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Dent meaning
- A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
- A minor effect made upon something.
- A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel.
Synonyms of Dent
Using Dent
- The main meaning on this page is: A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact. | A minor effect made upon something. | A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel.
- Useful related words include: consequence, imprint, impression, depression.
- In the example corpus, dent often appears in combinations such as: dent in, make dent, to dent.
Context around Dent
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 6 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dent
- In this selection, "dent" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, huge, grace, british, brothers, company and becomes stand out and add context to how "dent" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a huge dent in it and a huge dent or even. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dent" sits close to words such as abnormal, apologise and arteta, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dent
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Do you know who is Grace Dent? (7 words)
Grace Dent and Rick Stein in conversation with Tom Parker Bowles’. (11 words)
Conagra Brands Narrows Full-Year Organic Revenue Outlook After Stock-Outs Dent Third-Qu. (14 words)
Overbeck then co-operated with the British Dent brothers ( Alfred Dent and Edward Dent) for a financial backing to develop the land, with the Dent company persuaded him that any investors would need guarantees of British military and diplomatic support. (40 words)
Dent is one of four players to be featured on the cover; two were voted on by fans who participated in a “cover-boy” contest, and two were selected by FNF staff as top prospects, with Dent being one. (39 words)
In most bilaterian embryos the blastopore, a dent in the outer wall, deepens to become the larva's gut, but in ectoprocts the blastopore disappears and a new dent becomes the point from which the gut grows. (37 words)
Do you know who is Grace Dent? (7 words)
These rates can make it difficult for people to make a huge dent—or even a tiny dent! (18 words)
Example sentences (20)
Overbeck then co-operated with the British Dent brothers ( Alfred Dent and Edward Dent) for a financial backing to develop the land, with the Dent company persuaded him that any investors would need guarantees of British military and diplomatic support.
These rates can make it difficult for people to make a huge dent—or even a tiny dent!
Dent is one of four players to be featured on the cover; two were voted on by fans who participated in a “cover-boy” contest, and two were selected by FNF staff as top prospects, with Dent being one.
In most bilaterian embryos the blastopore, a dent in the outer wall, deepens to become the larva's gut, but in ectoprocts the blastopore disappears and a new dent becomes the point from which the gut grows.
Although Natalie didn't reveal exactly how much debt she was in, the mother said elsewhere in the episode that the Singh's weekly budget would make a huge dent in it.
An opposition victory in the capital would seriously dent Vucic's hard-line rule in the country, analysts say.
Armed with a sophisticated armored suit, Luke has proven himself against the likes of Duella Dent, the League of Assassins, and the A.I. Ascalon.
As the City of London works on a new plan to better deal with illegal encampments in the core, officials in the Forest City might look east at an idea that's making a dent in Kitchener.
At a property in Dent Street, two men who are thought to be Vietnamese nationals were found hiding, one of whom was discovered taking cover behind a plaster board wall.
Based on this clarity, IRC has restarted health and nutrition services through our static and mobile health teams in four provinces," Nancy Dent, a spokesperson for IRC, said.
But if this was the sort of message that DeSantis’s supporters hoped might dent Trump’s standing, there was an obvious problem: it did not so much as mention DeSantis.
Conagra Brands Narrows Full-Year Organic Revenue Outlook After Stock-Outs Dent Third-Qu.
Councillor Ron Gunn, chair of the Caithness Committee, praised the volunteers who have worked with the council’s access officer Matt Dent.
Dent went on to suggest there is room in the 2024 presidential race for a viable third-party contender.
Do you know who is Grace Dent?
Duela Dent (Olivia Rose Keegan) is one of those on Turner’s new team.
Each request can make a temporary dent in your score so you should avoid making applications unless you seriously want the card.
For a while, it seems that the heroes have a real chance against Zod, putting a dent in their forces by a fairly significant margin.
Grace Dent and Rick Stein in conversation with Tom Parker Bowles’.
Harvey Dent has his Two-Face problems, so he can't help out much.
Common combinations with dent
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- dent in 70×
- make dent 17×
- to dent 15×
- of dent 12×
- dent the 10×
- put dent 9×
- harvey dent 8×
- dent and 6×
- huge dent 6×
- grace dent 5×