quill
Example Sentences
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He must save it all for his quill.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
How did the shabby offices of the late 1700s, with their dim lights, coal-burning fireplaces and quill pens, evolve into the sleek, high-tech work environments that we know today?
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025
Written using quill and ink, the letter dated 4 September 1892 reveals the names of three engineers who installed a new type of light in the 30ft tower.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2024
I would exercise my First Amendment right to free speech—but in the old-fashioned way: by scratching out pamphlets with a quill pen and handing them out on the street.
From Slate • May 8, 2024
I use Elisabeth's quill to write the information on my hand, and step out from the office just in time to hear her angry voice echo from the hallway.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
Vocabulary lists containing quill
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Scrabble: Words that Begin with Q
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