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She was introduced to the case after a friend who worked at an organization that opposed the death penalty encouraged her to volunteer as a pen pal for an inmate on death row, according to The New Yorker.—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025 Mary Lou has also been pen pals with Margaret for decades, with the pair exchanging letters a couple of times a year.—Sam Gillette, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025 Some users spent hours asking their new overseas pen pals questions about their respective countries and cultures, ranging from what school lunch is like in Wisconsin to what a typical apartment looks like in Chengdu.—Makena Kelly, WIRED, 20 Jan. 2025 Former Texans defensive lineman J.J. Watt was a pen pal of Parsons at one point.—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pen pal
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