Finally, the difficulty of parallel parking leads to a lot of minor dents and scratches.

Even a minor dent can be expensive to a rookie because of the high level of marksmanship by the mechanics.

But most familiar was a minor dent in one of the doors on the side of the van turned toward the building.

For example, open front fenders were retained by Markin into the 1940s because it saved operators the expense of repairing minor dents.

The Cardassians cut loose with a withering blaze of fire, which only carved a minor dent in the impervious green stone.

But everywhere, with a minor dent here and there, the French line had held.

But she moved to a different city before repairing the damage, which was limited to a minor dent in a bumper.

The driver going 60kmph hits the car at 5kmph, causing a minor dent.

It had been in the station at least three times in the previous months to have minor dents removed.

And that helps explain why a minor dent in a fender can provoke a major blowup.