PENCIL in a Sentence
Learn PENCIL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
94 example sentences for PENCIL, such as:
1. There is a pencil in the box.
2. She scribbled a note in pencil.
3. Please write in ink, not in pencil.
4. Neither pen nor pencil can express.
5. The pencil was not an ordinary one.
2. She scribbled a note in pencil.
3. Please write in ink, not in pencil.
4. Neither pen nor pencil can express.
5. The pencil was not an ordinary one.
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Meanings and Examples of PENCIL
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pencil
n. graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication
n. a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point
Classic Sentence: (70 in 5 pages)
1 I even took a pencil and jotted them down.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2 One of the articles had a pencil mark at the heading, and I naturally began to run my eye through it.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
3 When he finished we sat for some minutes in a stillness which was only broken by the scratching of Lestrade's pencil as he gave the finishing touches to his shorthand account.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
4 "Major and Mrs. Mayhew," Page the reporter noted, licking his pencil.
5 "Streatfield," the reporter licked his pencil and noted "then spoke."
6 Her body was bent by age; her limbs trembled with palsy; her face, distorted into a mumbling leer, resembled more the grotesque shaping of some wild pencil, than the work of Nature's hand.
7 , taking the slip of paper and the pencil which Holmes handed to him.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VII. The Adventure of The Reigate Squires
Context Highlight In VII. The Adventure of The Reigate Squires
8 On the table in the window were several shreds from a pencil which had been sharpened.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
9 Well, he wrote so furiously that he broke his pencil, and had, as you observe, to sharpen it again.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
10 The pencil was not an ordinary one.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
11 Look for such a pencil, Mr. Soames, and you have got your man.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
12 I will take the black clay with me, also the pencil cuttings.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
13 There were only four stationers of any consequences in the town, and at each Holmes produced his pencil chips, and bid high for a duplicate.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
14 All were agreed that one could be ordered, but that it was not a usual size of pencil and that it was seldom kept in stock.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
15 "It is a pity he did not write in pencil," said he, throwing them down again with a shrug of disappointment.
Example Sentence: (24 in 2 pages)
1 I could not find my pencil because it was covered up by the newspapers.
2 Truth needs no colour; beauty, no pencil.
3 Don't bear hard upon the pencil, it will break.
4 Please write in ink, not in pencil.
5 If you draw or write in pencil you can always rub out your mistakes with an eraser.
6 I can't write with this pencil stub.
7 She can't write yet, but she loves to scribble with a pencil.
8 Write your homework in ink ,not in pencil.
9 There is a pencil in the box.
10 Your pencil box has several compartments.
11 Don't bear hard on the pencil, it will break.
12 The point of the pencil had been worn down when I finished this letter.
13 Neither pen nor pencil can express.
14 She scribbled a note in pencil.
15 He had written her a note in pencil.