- dent
- 01. I [dented] my car while I was backing up in the parking lot.02. How did you get that big [dent] in the front of your car?03. Her son put a bunch of [dents] in their garage door by practising his tennis serves against it.04. He got a big [dent] in his ego when his girlfriend dumped him for another guy.05. My dad is going to blow up when he finds out I [dented] the car last night.06. We've been working without a break for over 5 hours, and we've barely put a [dent] in all the stuff we have to do.07. My daughter [dented] somebody's brand new Porsche when she opened our car door and hit it in the parking lot at the grocery store.08. The repairs to my car have put quite a [dent] in my wallet.09. Rising fuel costs have put a serious [dent] in our profits this year.10. As usual, Christmas left him with a large [dent] in his pocketbook.11. Even the billions of dollars of aid promised to Africa will only put a small [dent] in the widespread poverty found in certain parts of the continent.12. The boys put a big [dent] in the front of the fridge when they were playing hockey in the kitchen.13. The government's tax increase will put a sizeable [dent] in the average worker's paycheck.14. I [dented] the car when I accidentally backed into a telephone pole.
Grammatical examples in English. 2013.