Could one man stop or even make a small dent in the trade?

They know there is a lot to be done and they'll make only a small dent.

The Assembly, by contrast, has made a small dent in the old way of doing things.

Selling the books division would make only a small dent in the company's debt.

As the elections draw near, women say they expect to make perhaps a small dent, rather than a great change.

The work will make a small but welcome dent in the community's unemployment rate of 61 percent.

The return even of 10,000, however, would make only a small dent in the numbers who have emigrated.

I believed the war had made only the smallest possible dent in our plans.

They can be used to pop out small dents as well.

But this increase will not put even a small dent in the problem.