"dent confidence" is not correct or usable in written English.
In English, "dent confidence" could be replaced with the phrase "lower confidence" in order to convey the same meaning. For example, "The constant criticism from his boss dented his confidence in his abilities."
But any hint of rigging will dent confidence in the system.
A collapse in Iceland would severely dent confidence in the broader financial markets.
If Greece went under, the markets' attention would quickly turn to other euro-area debtors like Spain, Ireland and Italy, and dent confidence in the euro itself.
The company detailed a litany of other risks, among them that "repeated brinkmanship" might dent confidence in the effectiveness of American government.
| As investors cautiously pulled back from the markets, economists were grappling with how much a government shutdown could dent confidence in an already fragile economy.
But domestic political unrest, recession in the euro zone (still Turkey's biggest export market) and turmoil in Syria and the region could easily dent confidence.
Recent high profile concerns within some parts of the care industry have understandably dented confidence.
Micro-managing what happens in the classroom dents confidence and narrows opportunities for imaginative teaching, both vocational and academic.
The poor performance of the recent film Jobs, a biopic of the Apple co-founder starring Ashton Kutcher, does not appear to have dented confidence in this one.
Well, the ongoing crisis is denting confidence in national unity and more and more people I meet are voicing pessimism for the future.
He added: "By cutting too far and too fast, the government has dented confidence and is holding back the creation of new businesses.
