At the end of the day, my desk was buried in piles of sharp dented and charred sheets of aluminum.
"A guy threw another guy onto the hood," he said, and when we got to his car, he pointed out the sharp dent.
Gang homicides rose more than 50percentt from 1999 to 2002, the last year for which national figures are available, but police officials say their strong efforts in Los Angeles and Chicago produced a sharp dent in the upward trend in those cities last year.
Ironically, while recent events have had minimal consequences for yachting companies in the region, they have had a sharper confidence-denting impact further afield, Mr. Barnett said.
If I stood a certain way, two light sources — the light from outside and artificial lighting in the building — cast my dent in sharp relief.
Mr. Erdogan's sharp remarks seemed to severely dent Turkey's already fraught talks on joining the European Union.
Similar behaviour is expected when assessing non-sharp defects (e.g., pits, gouges, dents).
But a sharp rally by the dollar could put a dent in commodity markets.
But the recent sharp rise in the dollar against the euro will be denting the US's competitive position and reducing the dollar value of European earnings.
This will dent consumer spending, and may lead to a sharp drop in housing investment, which accounts for 9% of GDP.
