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indented

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verb

past tense of indent

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for indented
Adjective
  • Alpine slides are similar but have a continuous, concave surface instead of a track.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 4 July 2025
  • High atop a particularly craggy one, the rainfall gets a toehold beneath soil clinging to a very steep and slightly concave slope of rock.
    Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • Some who craft epigrammatic verse can sound hollow, like slamming together tins in hopes that someone will infer meaning from the noise.
    Nick Ripatrazone July 10, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
  • So much corporate messaging sounds completely hollow.
    Renae Gregoire, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Verb
  • The room’s layered materiality starts with ultra-plush wool carpeting carved into a unique rose-petal pattern, and a curved metal-and-fabric screen backs the bed and nightstands, dampening noise and creating a comforting space.
    Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Michelangelo lived and studied there, and the current complex, across the Arno river from the historic center of Florence, still houses the wooden crucifix carved by the Renaissance master for its basilica.
    Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The main pool, meanwhile, is complete with a sunken seating spot and more touches of greenery.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 17 June 2025
  • The site of the former plant is now a large sunken rectangle of open space, with grass growing over earth, shattered concrete, and broken bricks.
    John Seabrook June 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Adjective
  • Nike reported fourth-quarter financial results that slightly topped depressed revenue and earnings-per-share estimates, but the full-year picture reflects the brand’s struggles, as 12-month revenue fell 10% to $46.3 billion.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 26 June 2025
  • What resonates most strongly is the film’s subtler or more emotional moments — the camera lingering on a man left holding a stick after his dog fails to come back from a swim or the scene where Brody’s son mimics his depressed father’s body language at the dinner table.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • Sculptor Roman Villarreal, whose portfolio includes works on Chicago’s South Side and at Steelworkers Park, chiseled the turtles out of 15,00-pound chunks of limestone.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
  • One of the earliest pieces of evidence of using land to borrow goes back to the Code of Hammurabi, chiseled into stone almost 4,000 years ago.
    Roger Valdez, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Indented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indented. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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