pencil

[ˈpensl]

Definition:
1. A thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood.
2. Write, draw, or trace with a pencil.

Use 'pencil' in a sentence:

• 1. He made marks with a pencil.
• 2. He had written her a note in pencil.
• 3. This is a pencil sharpener.
• 4. Some schools lack money for basics like books and pencils.
• 5. Take out your pencil-box.
• 6. I found a pencil and some blank paper in her desk.
• 7. With a lip pencil, outline lips and fill them in.
• 8. I have a pencil and a pencil sharpener.
• 9. That letter was written in pencil.
• 10. He pulled the stub of a pencil from behind his ear.
• 11. Have a pencil and notepad ready.
• 12. The pencil is shorter.
• 13. Her pencil tapped out a staccato rhythm on the desk top.
• 14. A previous owner had pencilled ‘ First Edition ’ inside the book's cover.
• 15. This pencil's blunt!
• 16. I use a styptic pencil on shaving cuts.
• 17. Here's a pencil sharpener.
• 18. It would be good to have a pencil and paper handy.
• 19. He chewed at the end of his pencil, thinking out the next problem.
• 20. Have a pad and pencil ready and jot down some of your thoughts.
• 21. We've pencilled in a meeting for Tuesday afternoon.
• 22. Here's a pencil-box.
• 23. Do you usually take notes in class with a pen or pencil?
• 24. While he was talking to his secretary, he toyed with a pencil.
• 25. Each student should have a pencil and pad.
• 26. When you type out the letter, it will take less space than this pencil copy.
• 27. In the roots of the olives, you could find centipedes as long as a pencil.
• 28. He was rolling a pencil between his fingers.
• 29. Laugh at the pencil.
• 30. I knew that if I didn't make a note I would lose the thought so I asked to borrow a pen or pencil.
• 31. I like my pencil-box!
• 32. I need to buy paper and pencils, that kind of thing.
• 33. When did they sharpen the pencil?
• 34. They all have pencil-boxes.
• 35. Anything written with a soft pencil smears easily.
• 36. Put away your pencil box!
• 37. Ring the correct answer in pencil.
• 38. She wrote in pencil.
• 39. My pencil-box is orange.
• 40. He pencilled a note to Joseph Daniels.
• 41. Carry a notepad and pen or pencil with you to jot down ideas.
• 42. That pencil gets shorter.
• 43. She scribbled a note in pencil.
• 44. I snapped the pencil in half.
• 45. His pencil sharpener is big.
• 46. Neither pen nor pencil can express.
• 47. Fill in gaps by using short, upward strokes of the pencil.
• 48. The pencil is blunt.
• 49. She scribbled a note in pencil .
• 50. She can't write yet, but she loves to scribble with a pencil.
• 51. He buys a new pencil-box.
• 52. Pencil-box is a rectangle.
• 53. You can erase pencil marks with a rubber.
• 54. He picked up a pencil and toyed with it idly.
• 55. In this company you have to go through complex bureaucratic procedures just to get a new pencil.
• 56. I can't write with this pencil stub.
• 57. Shall I pencil you in for Friday? (= for a meeting)
• 58. I'll get a pencil and paper.
• 59. Pencil marks can be erased with a rubber.
• 60. I have two pencil boxes.
• 61. Have you got a pencil sharpener?
• 62. Mary suggests using a neutral lip pencil.
• 63. She would sit there drawing with the pencil stub.
• 64. The comments in pencil haven't photocopied very well.
• 65. A previous owner had pencilled ‘First Edition ’ inside the book's cover.
• 66. Give me that pencil.
• 67. Nobody else has a pencil sharpener.
• 68. Give your brows extra definition with Outdoor Girl's Eyebrow Pencil in Brown.
• 69. She began rubbing out the pencilled marks in the margin.