as in concave
curved inward
that indented area of the mountainside is prone to avalanches
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Recent Examples of indented
Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Henrot positions it such that its indented form emphasizes the dark thicket of his pubic hair au naturel.
—Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indented
Adjective
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As the electrons pushed outward toward the tube walls, the plasma shaped itself like a concave lens.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Soarin’ hang-gliding flight simulator attractions combine mechanical lift systems with three rows of seats and aerial footage projected onto an 80-foot-tall concave domed movie screen to create a visual tour tied to a specific theme.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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With both of these cases being largely hollow and uninteresting, even despite the involvement of a traffic-cone-size butt plug, the burden is on Allura’s arc to grip us.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
4 Nov. 2025
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Any other creation theory – hollow Earth, flat Earth, mud collection, hanging cord, corpse reuse, dreamtime, biosphere as gemstone in the ring of a galactic giant, please insert alternative here.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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It was abandoned in 1865, when the war ended, but the cannon emplacements are still visible today, carved into the landscape.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
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Nearly 50 years would pass before Gardner climbed that tower again, this time in search of inspiration from the terra cotta friezes of birds of prey and Native American warriors that are carved into the side of the school’s building.—
Diana Lambdin Meyer,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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There is typically a dearth of historical information about the conditions in which the vehicle went missing, and locating a sunken aircraft or a large ship in the vastness of the ocean is difficult and costly.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Now here’s Auburn, debating whether to retain sunken coach Hugh Freeze for a fourth season.—
Blake Toppmeyer,
USA TODAY,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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After a sacrifice bunt and Sears’ eighth strikeout — one shy of a season high — the 29-year-old left-hander grooved a middle-in sweeper for Blaine Crim to yank out to left, some 439 feet from the plate.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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With its signature grooved aluminum shell, Rimowa’s spinners are both a fashion statement and a piece of travel engineering.—
Julie Loffredi,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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During the week, Aluko had described lying in bed at the height of the controversy, depressed and unable to eat.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Perhaps this depressed valuation is what caught the eye of Carl Icahn.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Working on these inward-looking songs has allowed Teasdale and Chambers to feel less hemmed in by their origin story, one that was drawn early on by the press and then chiseled in stone.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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Vincent Kompany and his staff have chiselled a perfect role for him, with Diaz contributing not only on an individual basis, but in a way that really accentuates Bayern’s other attacking virtues.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The boots are hand-sculpted from Yatay M, a cruelty-free vegan alternative to snakeskin which is mycelium-based.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
4 Nov. 2025
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Here, a vast expanse of rolling white dunes embraces thousands of shimmering turquoise and emerald freshwater lagoons, sculpted by seasonal rains.—
Lily Bunker,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Indented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indented. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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