When you let go, they release the stored energy by springing back to their original position (assuming you didn't push hard enough to make a permanent dent).

No one has been able to make a permanent dent in the piracy of the Belt before.

Harnak rubbed the permanent dent in his forehead in the nervous gesture he'd acquired, and frowned.

To prevent heavy furniture and appliances from causing permanent dents, rest them on wide plastic glides, or place plastic casters under their feet.

The result is a permanent dent or "brinell" mark.

Thankfully, to push the Accent's 2,400 pounds down the road, the gas pedal doesn't need to make a permanent dent in those swanky mats.

Shadow chancellor feels Tory economic policy could leave 'a permanent dent in our nation's prosperity'

Making such moves today would not put a permanent dent in your income stream if interest rates level off.

Or did all the food I ate on Day 71 cause a permanent dent?