pen pal

Example Sentences

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He once had a pen pal relationship with President Reagan because he thought it was important to hear the perspectives of political opponents.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2023

We've already had fans telling BBC Scotland about rooms being booked, flights lined up and favours being pulled in from that long-lost school pen pal offering a room in Dusseldorf.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2023

Sigrid shared similar experiences, offering that “your pen pal will change your perspective on life, and you will gain as much as they do from the correspondence.”

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2023

In the song “I Don’t Know His Name,” Amalia concludes that her anonymous pen pal — even though he is, in fact, a co-worker she hates — must be an extremely kind and cultured man:

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2023

I look at my pen pal assignment: Lena, who sits in the front row and cracks her knuckles.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina