Sentence examples for was barely dented from inspiring English sources

Both men's popularity was barely dented.

All well and good, but it has been through various crises: pollution, fear of terrorism and congestion, which was barely dented when the admission fee for foreign visitors shot up in 2001 from 22p to £14.

Meanwhile, Wall Street's culture of excess seems to have been barely dented by the crisis.

But no big fish have been netted on big charges; a culture of impunity is barely dented.

Haley Barker, a high school freshman whose $1-a-week allowance is barely dented by her sweet tooth, said she found this retro-pricing "totally normal".

Its coffers are barely dented, its owners are not personally liable, and nondisclosure agreements have kept adverse publicity to a minimum.

When Brazilian groups come to town, they normally play one concert without a warmup, local Brazilians immediately gobble up the tickets and North American heads are barely dented.

The country's real shame and the biggest contributor to last autumn's riots is mass unemployment, which has been barely dented, by governments of left and right alike, in two decades.

Unlike traditional lenders, though, the Education Department's profits are barely dented by loan defaults.

After each one he carefully fixed the thump dent with a ball-mark tool, even though the indentation was barely visible.

VEGF189 was barely detectable.