That would make a serious dent in her personal funds.

Enter, and prepare to put a serious dent in your credit card.

And the experts say, if this thing can't be stopped it could put a serious dent in food production.

Maybe he intended to put a serious dent in the company's pocketbook or its image.

That will put a serious dent in the processing operations.

"We're not flat broke, but he put a serious dent in our finances."

The iPhone will simply never hit the price point needed to make a serious dent in those countries.

But the land guard never made a serious dent in contraband activity.

It is too early to tell whether the new books are making a serious dent in the market share of the older books.

Rising fuel costs have put a serious dent in our profits this year.