Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Indentation; an impression like that made by a tooth.
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- verb Present participle of
indent .
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Examples
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She pressed too hard, and damaged the poster, indenting the imprint $7. 52″ through the receipt onto the poster.
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Oh, not all by itself, generally speaking, unless the violation was truly egregious by industry standards, something along the lines of submitting unnumbered pages or not indenting paragraphs, for instance, the kind of faux pas that might actually cause Millicent to cast the entire submission aside unread.
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The sparse contents of the chamber sprang sharply outlined from the dark, a rumpled bench bed against the rear wall, the brychans spilled over and dangling to the floor, the impression of a long body still discernible indenting the cover of the straw mattress.
His Disposition 2010
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It involves using Courier or Courier New fonts, double spacing the lines, indenting five spaces at the beginning of lines opinions vary as to whether or not the first line after a line break should be indented using a hash as marker for line breaks and not using widow/orphan control.
Archive 2010-03-01 Carol Ryles 2010
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She was still smiling a little, razor-sharp teeth indenting her lower lip.
The Demons Covenant Sarah Rees Brennan 2010
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It involves using Courier or Courier New fonts, double spacing the lines, indenting five spaces at the beginning of lines opinions vary as to whether or not the first line after a line break should be indented using a hash as marker for line breaks and not using widow/orphan control.
Don’t sweat the small stuff Satima Flavell 2010
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She was still smiling a little, razor-sharp teeth indenting her lower lip.
The Demons Covenant Sarah Rees Brennan 2010
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Wow, the rolling rings (?) are an excellent idea as are the wider muffin pans as I'm always indenting my outer muffins.
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The indenting thing is odd but not objectionable, I liked that the files I got with AppEngine showed an indent level of 2 spaces (I usually use 3, but applaud anyone going less than that, I rarely see it though).
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By that I mean that you need both copy and design to present a message, even if the design is just the selection of typeface and indenting your paragraphs.
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