pencil

Example Sentences

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Under specific conditions, what normally looks like a scattered and disordered laser signal can reorganize itself into a narrow, highly focused "pencil beam."

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

In his classic 1958 essay, “I, Pencil,” Leonard Read explained how a free-market economy brought together the necessary raw materials—wood, graphite, metal, rubber, paint—to make as apparently simple a product as a pencil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Shah’s models all come with solar and that, he said, helps heat pumps pencil out every time.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

"The public's favourite item of the 20 or so things I have made has to be the five-foot long HB 2 pencil," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Though I tried to concentrate on Treasure Island, I was distracted by Ba flipping the pages of the ledger and scratching with his pencil at the page on the clipboard.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu