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crayon

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


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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

Meanwhile, the 2025 novel “Unfit” by Ariana Harwicz, about a mother losing her children in a custody battle, uses erratic crayon scribbles on its cover.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026

A loose 1878 crayon and ink-wash study for an illustration for Émile Zola’s “L’Assommoir” becomes a firmer, more detailed pen, ink and chalk version, made even more solid in the final reproduction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

The suite is mostly through-composed, yet its harmonic palette invites creativity—“like a crayon box,” Mr. Ross told me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025

At times he nearly stood up to reach for a new crayon.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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

Picture being at a restaurant with a fresh activity kids’ menu and set of crayons.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 10, 2025

On the second track, “Bumpy,” what sounds like a sonic rendering of an exploding box of crayons leads to a throbbing pulse that could be a sentient computer’s ticking heart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025

The next day the art teacher, Miss Harrison, stopped Louella in the hall and gave her a bunch of stubby crayons for Howard.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson

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

On the glass that covered it, some mysterious unknown person had crayoned a mustache right above my toothless grin.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli

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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