The stale raisins that Mother bought cheap in the dented-package aisle were like dead flies.
Munster's chances of recording their seventh win in eight league games were dented by two sin-binnings - Niall Ronan and Doug Howlett saw yellow in each half - and Connacht, who moved ahead in the final quarter, had the physical and mental strength to hold on.
Second, the recent entry of car rental giants such as Hertz into the car sharing space along with major European car-sharing player Car2go has dented investor confidence in Zipcar.
The industry's image has been dented in recent years, with concerns over lock-in clauses, endowment mortgages and overpriced home insurance tied to mortgages.
In the English Premier League Arsenal 's hopes of strengthening their grip on third place ahead of London rivals Chelsea and Tottenham in the race for Champions League football were dented by a 0-0 draw with Everton .
He also suggested comments that former President Clinton made during the primary in South Carolina -- Clyburn's home state -- may have dented his wife's support.
In Italy's Serie A , fourth-placed Udinese's Champions League hopes were dented by a 0-0 draw with mid-table Chievo on Saturday.
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Everton have managed to maintain sixth place in the Premier League in spite of the injury problems but their hopes of catching fifth-place Arsenal have been dented by the loss of Arteta.
The decline has eroded pensions and dented consumer confidence, contributing to the first back-to-back slowdown in monthly retail sales since 1998.
The NRC's last new reactor approval predates Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima, all of which dented public support (and not just in America either: nuclear power supplies three-fourths of France's electricity, yet in one poll 57% of French respondents favoured abandoning it).
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Analysts said the blasts had further dented investor morale in both Asia and elsewhere, which had already been shaken by weaker-than-expected Chinese and US data.
In Superbikes Ryuichi Kiyonari and Josh Brookes of the Louth-based HM Plant Honda saw their title hopes dented as they finished both races outside the top three.
These efforts are key if the company is to convince businesses that investing in the platform is not a waste of money - recent admissions over "fake" users and have dented the site's credibility.
In other European football action Friday, Roma saw their hopes of European qualification dented with a 4-2 home loss to Cagliari, while Werder Bremen beat Hannover 2-0 in a mid-table clash in Germany.
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McDonald's, an American fast-food chain has said that fear of SARS, and the Iraqi war, have dented sales in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
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