What's the difference between denied and dented?

Denied


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Deny

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He still denied it and said he was giving the girl a lift.
  • (2) The highest rate of discontinuation occurred when method choice was denied in the presence of husband-wife agreement on method choice, and the lowest rate occurred when method choice was granted in the presence of such concurrence.
  • (3) It was with unanimous consent.” He denied that Trump’s tweets had played a part, saying: “No, no, no.
  • (4) The White House denied there had been an agreement, but said it was open in principle to such negotations.
  • (5) Keep it in the ground campaign Though they draw on completely different archives, leaked documents, and interviews with ex-employees, they reach the same damning conclusion: Exxon knew all that there was to know about climate change decades ago, and instead of alerting the rest of us denied the science and obstructed the politics of global warming.
  • (6) Greek officials categorically denied the report with many describing it as a "joke".
  • (7) In practice they are so elastic that they have been used to deny pasta to besieged Gazans.
  • (8) It felt like my very existence was being denied,” said Hahn Chae-yoon, executive director of Beyond the Rainbow Foundation.
  • (9) The government has blamed a clumsily worded press release for the furore, denying there would be random checks of the public.
  • (10) Crushing their dream of denying healthcare to millions of people will put them on that road to despair.
  • (11) Both of these bills include restrictions on moving terrorists into our country.” The White House quickly confirmed the president would have to sign the legislation but denied this meant that its upcoming plan for closing Guantánamo was, in the words of one reporter, “dead on arrival”.
  • (12) However ITV deny that any approach or offer, formal or informal, has been made.
  • (13) To organise society as an individualistic war of one against another was barbaric, while the other models, slavishly following the rules of one religion or one supreme leader, denied freedom.
  • (14) He denied that the probation service budget, which has been protected so far from 23% cuts, would be a particular target, but said it was not yet making the same level of savings as was being required of the police.
  • (15) Nepalese workers building stadiums for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar have been denied leave to attend funerals or visit relatives following the earthquakes in the Himalayan country that have killed more than 8,000 people, its government has revealed.
  • (16) Authorities in most cities – from Chita in Siberia to Makhachkala in Dagestan – denied permission for the rallies.
  • (17) Planned Parenthood denies the accusations, saying it donates fetal tissue to medical research companies at no cost.
  • (18) However, a spokesperson for the Department for Communities and Local Government denied any reports of a rift with the Treasury.
  • (19) There were numerous reports of looting and tampering with evidence, although rebel authorities angrily denied them.
  • (20) It could bring down the prime minister, though he denies it.

Dented


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Dent
  • (v. t.) Indented; impressed with little hollows.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Meanwhile, reductions in tax allowances on dividends for company shareholders from £5,000 down to £2,000 represent another dent to the incomes of many business owners.
  • (2) The parameters of LES relaxation for both wet and dry swallows were similar using either a carefully placed single recording orifice or a Dent sleeve.
  • (3) Helen Dent, chief executive of Family Action, said: "It can't be right that going back to school breaks the bank for some families.
  • (4) The disastrous launches of SimCity and Battlefield 4 , the confining and somewhat invasive nature of the publisher’s Origin digital gaming platform and the voraciously monetised smartphone version of Dungeon Keeper, have kicked further dents in its reputation.
  • (5) But no sooner had Hull hopes risen than they were dented by Meyler.
  • (6) The bomb threat tweet was sent to Freeman, the Europe editor of Time magazine, Catherine Mayer, and the Independent columnist Grace Dent, who took a screen grab of the tweet and posted it for her Twitter followers to see .
  • (7) Hypercalcemia of sarcoidosis is associated with a normal or decreased C-terminal parathormone assay and a positive Dent test, as well as elevated serum immunoglobulins and erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and a positive angiotensin-converting enzyme assay.
  • (8) This appears to be no longer true, and the attacks aren’t putting a dent in the polling deadlock.
  • (9) He may need to produce proof promptly if he wants to dent Key's chances of surviving Saturday's election.
  • (10) Abhijit Mukherjee, the son of president Pranab Mukherjee, himself an MP with the ruling Congress party, dismissed protesters after the Delhi rape as "dented and painted women".
  • (11) But the Pennsylvania Republican Charles Dent said: "We don't expect the secret service to take a bullet for the president's staff."
  • (12) In 1976 Dent (Gastroenterology 71: 263-267) introduced a sleeve-catheter device for obtaining continuous recording of lower esophageal sphincter pressure.
  • (13) The decision, which is being contested by the arts world in Germany and beyond, will effectively end the Deutsche Oper am Rhein – considered to be among Germany's 10 leading theatre institutions – and will seriously dent Duisburg's musical theatre and ballet output.
  • (14) "If on the other hand we can shape an agenda that says we can create jobs, advance growth and make a serious dent in climate change and be an international leader I think that is something the American people would support."
  • (15) The report by Dr Androulla Johnstone and Christine Dent for the NHS Health and Social Care Advisory Service describes Savile as “an opportunistic predator who could also on occasions show a high degree of premeditation when planning attacks on his victims”.
  • (16) Moderates “don’t like the idea of taking a vote in the House that may go nowhere in the Senate”, said Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania.
  • (17) Journalist Ticky Hedley Dent shot back: "I think #Mumsnet is key to understanding feminism.
  • (18) But it also has a relatively small number of downloadable apps and very little memory for storing them; no easy way of transferring music files to the device; and the attractiveness of the high-resolution screen is somewhat dented by the fact that it doesn't support "multi-touch" interactions in the way the Apple product does.
  • (19) Recipe supplied by Patrick Hanna, L'Entrepot, lentrepot.co.uk Clams with leek, fennel and parsley Though you could add a twirl of al dente spaghetti or linguine to this dish, it is the fragrant, briny broth that delights – better with a crusty loaf and a spoon.
  • (20) While on paper the US housing market makes up a smaller part of the economy following the crash, new signs of stagnation are likely to dent consumer confidence.

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