indenting

Definition of indentingnext
present participle of indent

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for indenting
Verb
  • That package gives the ES a near-luxury-limo flavor, especially for buyers more interested in being driven than carving corners.
    Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Grant is a lift-all-boats attraction for a sport that’s been steadily carving out space in the public consciousness.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
Verb
  • But was Alicia suddenly having the time of her life grooving to this classic?
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 June 2026
  • Rinker, 71, had been wearing AirPods, grooving to oldies.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • The summer solstice here comes with ice sculpting workshops, campfires under the midnight sun, and traditional dishes served with an Arctic spin.
    Lea Lane, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Over the course of three weeks and nearly 150 hours, Mike Elder carefully crafted his honeybee sculpture, welding on antennas and legs, sculpting the yellow and black-striped body from foam and precisely designing its intricate wings.
    Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • The religious men took up residence among the locals—people who spent their days tending cows and sheep, churning butter, weeding onions and turnips, scouring the forests for mushrooms, and chiseling sculptures from the local limestone.
    CBS News, CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • Moyes knows this squad well, both its strengths and weaknesses, and has become adept at chiselling out points on his travels.
    Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Lincoln's life and death had a lasting impact on the future president, historians Douglas Brinkley and Harold Holzer wrote in an exclusive piece for USA TODAY, tracing how a portrait of Lincoln later became Roosevelt's moral compass.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 29 May 2026
  • Sound of Falling, Mascha Schilinski’s experimental period drama tracing the lives of four young women from four different epochs in rural East Germany, swept the German Film Awards, the Lolas, winning 10 Lolas including best film and best director for Schilinski.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2026
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“Indenting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indenting. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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