Verb (used with object) : The sea indents the coast.    From Dictionary.com. 

This contract was by deed indented, which occasioned them to be called indented servants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1] Reference

But all "indented" or bond servants were not criminals.    From Wordnik.com.  [A School History of the United States] Reference

The coast is indented with many small bays and inlets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference

Terrain: mountainous with indented coastline; dormant volcano.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

Martinique mountainous with indented coastline; dormant volcano.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference

The coasts are generally high, precipitous and deeply indented.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference

Martinique: mountainous with indented coastline; dormant volcano.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference

It fell past her shoulders, grazing her sharply indented collarbones.    From Wordnik.com.  [Throwaways] Reference

Stage directions indented in the original book are shown as blockquotes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clair de Lune A Play in Two Acts and Six Scenes] Reference

Two of the surfaces were flat, the third being raised, and the fourth indented slightly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference

Geographic note: deeply indented coast provides good natural harbors; short growing season.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1996 CIA Factbook] Reference

Geography - note: deeply indented coast provides good natural harbors; short growing season.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference

Geography -- note: deeply indented coast provides good natural harbors; short growing season.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

The calyx consists of four points of double green wax, indented with the pin, and tipped brown.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling] Reference

Many experts believe that the remaining third may develop from flat or slightly indented growths.    From Wordnik.com.  [Q&A: Surgery for precancerous colon growth?] Reference

Her hand began to ache from holding the brush, which had indented her palm with its floral pattern.    From Wordnik.com.  [Origin] Reference

They encouraged indented servants to leave their masters, and fly to them for liberty and protection.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1] Reference

After the petals are coloured, the pin is deeply indented into each, some in fact are made quite round.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling] Reference

(Indicated by the presence of the corrugated and indented pottery as its most conspicuous "land-mark.") 2.    From Wordnik.com.  [Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I] Reference

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) deeply indented coast provides good natural harbors; short growing season.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference

Iceland mostly plateau interspersed with mountain peaks, icefields; coast deeply indented by bays and fiords.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): deeply indented coast provides good natural harbors; short growing season.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference

Terrain: mostly plateau interspersed with mountain peaks, icefields; coast deeply indented by bays and fiords.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

Iceland: mostly plateau interspersed with mountain peaks, icefields; coast deeply indented by bays and fiords.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference

Terrain: highly indented coastline with narrow coastal plain backed by rugged high limestone mountains and plateaus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference

Instead of being painted, it was corrugated and indented, and identical with the corrugated and indented ware from the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I] Reference

Antigua has a deeply indented shoreline with many natural harbors and beaches; Barbuda has a very large western harbor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference

The eastern and northern coasts are rocky and mountainous, and are deeply indented by large bays including Frobisher and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference

In Broward County, the local canvassing board adopted a very liberal standard for counting "indented chad," a boon to Gore.    From Wordnik.com.  [Settling Old Scores In The Swamp] Reference

Run-away from the Subscriber, living in Quebec, on the Evening of the 9th Instant, an indented Servant Woman, named Catharine.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920] Reference

I can't say what made me put my hand on the couch, the faux goosedown cushions still indented from the weight of her little body.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Child Who Loved Emily Dickinson] Reference

The word “NERF” in black lettering is on both sides of the blaster and the word “ARMED” is indented on the orange plunger.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hasbro recalls 330,000 Nerf blasters] Reference

The Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries are indented almost continuously with smaller estuaries, which make excellent hiding places.    From Wordnik.com.  [Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After] Reference

Terrain: mountainous with indented coastline; dormant volcano lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Montagne Pelee 1,397 m.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1996 CIA Factbook] Reference

The pillows were fluffed to the point of appearing inflated, and she wondered which one — right side or left — his head indented.    From Wordnik.com.  [Country House] Reference

At the back of the chantry hung the king's indented helmet (in all probability the one worn at Agincourt), his shield, and his saddle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference