pen name

Example Sentences

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Chisholm read the whole book, published under the pen name Tori Woods, and found a reasonable reader would find it "undeniably offensive".

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

She published her first newspaper piece that same year, and adopted the alliterative pen name.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

John leads a quiet life of the mind, spending his days designing puzzles under the pen name Ludwig.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2025

Lewis Grassic Gibbon was the pen name of James Leslie Mitchell, who had been raised in the Mearns.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025

“Why did you use a pen name? I mean, Quill is a perfect writer name,” Seven said, still in awe.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega