The indents must have been made by oblique thrusts of a stick, or a small, blunt, chisel-shaped instrument.
It must have been stripped from the body of the animal by man; but the only distinct marks of tools, which were evidently made when the skin was fresh, are a few indentsand small pits on the outer face.
The indents were accepted, and the men enlisted primarily for what could be got out of the business of fighting, either in the shape of ransom or the sack of towns.
With the gradual disappearance of the foreign mercenaries, it became the custom for the king to issue indents to certain influential subjects for the raising of paid troops.
Now, all they have to do is to join the other departments in drawing indents for conveyance upon the unhappy land transport, and then sitting down and thanking their gods that they have done everything which could be expected of them.
All indents and orders should be given to him alone, and he should be responsible for the working of the several branches.
The cover-stone of the tomb is Purbeck marble, and on it are the indents of a knight and lady, but not of large size.
The corresponding indents of figure, shield, and label, were originally filled with a representation of his brother Sir John, his name and arms.
On it are the indents of a knight, and lady in horned head-dress, under an ogee crocketted canopy, flanked by pinnacles, evidently of contemporary date with the tomb.
There are three effigies to them, and the indentson some brassless stones in the floor.
The indents of four shields, two at the top and two at the bottom of the stone, are visible.
I searched about it, but the indents were so small and shallow that water could not remain in them for more than a week after rains had filled them.
Some of these little indents held only a few pints of water, others a few quarts, and the largest only a few gallons.
A great dock leaf, in which the chives have a strange resemblance to the arteries in the human frame, has small shallow indents all round it.
What the deil d' ye suppose we pass your indents for?
It also caused a great delay beforeindents could materialise.
The indents went to the Assistant Director of Medical Services for approval.
The siphuncle also commences with a dilatation which deeply indents the front wall of the initial chamber, called the protoconch, but does not penetrate into its cavity.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "indents" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
