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crayon

[kray-on, -uhn] / ˈkreɪ ɒn, -ən /
NOUN
chalk
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
Crayola™ colored wax


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Over the course of the next half-century, she produced more than 5,000 works in crayon, oil and collage: landscapes and masklike images—amalgams of abstraction, figuration, flora and fauna.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

If you have ever used a "magic eraser" sponge to scrub away scuffs on white shoes or crayon marks on a wall, you have seen how powerful these cleaners can be.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2026

Scribbles, doodles, crayon marks and stickers — evoking Lisa Frank and anime cartoons — have begun appearing on prominent Gen Z contemporary fiction covers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026

“You are smart and kind,” she wrote in pencil, the handwriting surrounded by crayon hearts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025

She picks up the crayon drawing of Gran with the goldens.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart

Similarly, many school supplies are produced overseas, like pencils and crayons, which are predominantly imported from Brazil, China, Mexico and India.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

In other rooms, colleagues arranged pencil sharpeners, water bottles and crayons in patterns, recording with depth-sensor cameras.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

Crayola has called the area home since the early 1900s, when it first started producing crayons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

Rail insiders said it had not even reached the "crayons on a map" stage.

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026

Not like stubby school crayons you had to press down on till somebody bitched about your breaking them.

From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson

Many families hung banners with crayoned, or painted, rainbows, with a hashtag mantra: “Tutto andra’ bene,” or everything will turn out OK.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 15, 2020

Taped to another wall are coloring book tear-outs of Odums’ drawings, crayoned in by young children who come here for art instruction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2020

In the 50th minute, as the crayoned cheeks began to run, Swiss forward Steven Zuber snapped a header to level the game at 1.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2018

A brightly crayoned Pollock's toy theatre pops up in its place, its flat proscenium arch festooned with pictures of the Cheshire Cat and Captain Hook.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2013

The mummy jar had been unscrewed, the tape stripped off, the crayoned picture of the Jackson Five torn.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

Lately, those maps have come to resemble abstract art, or just crayoning gone wild.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024

Kraemer seemed to pause only once, when he beamed at an embassy employee crayoning the red-and-white flag onto cheeks all shapes and colors.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2018

Their bags were stuffed with nappies and milk for Riad, who is busily crayoning and crawling under the table while they talk.

From The Guardian ● May 25, 2016

After crayoning the wax onto your board you clip the paper to the iron so it's between the iron plate and your base.

From Time Magazine Archive

Because, with Maniac around, Hester and Lester lost their interest in crayoning everything in sight.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli




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