push a pencil
Example Sentences
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If we push a pencil against the string, making the string taut, and then slide the pencil against the string all around the tacks, the curve that results is an ellipse.
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016
“If you push a pencil across a table, it’s very hard to keep it going straight,” Sancoff explains.
From BusinessWeek • Aug. 21, 2014