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Example Sentences

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Sixteen or so stools — wiry black legs, indented wooden seats, no backs — face the windows at counters around the perimeter.

From New York Times

Opening it with one hand can be challenging since the lid uses resistance rather than magnets to stay closed, but it’s not impossible if you push up from the thin indent running along the lip.

From The Verge

A lopsided white one, with gently indented fingerprints mottling its surface like fish scales, rests on the decaying tatami in the large front room.

From New York Times

If the rounds had been checked as they went into the gun, Halls would have seen that at least one lacked the small hole or indent that visually differentiates dummies from bullets.

From Los Angeles Times

Since their design is now so similar, Apple carried over the “force sensor” controls from the AirPods Pro, with an indent on each stem that designates where to press.

From The Verge