How to Use pen in in a Sentence
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Click the icon that looks like a square with a pen in the bottom right corner of the screen to start a new note.
— Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2022 -
She has been perked up at the desk, pen in hand, taking notes about the details.
— Kate Tuttle, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2023 -
She has been perked up at the desk, pen in hand, taking notes about the details.
— Kate Tuttle, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2023 -
And as the legal scholars put it, with the precision of a pen in an ink pot.
— Ruchi Kumar, NPR, 8 May 2024 -
The search happened on Sept. 7 after the girl’s friend asked her to put her vape pen in her locker.
— Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2023 -
In the mix are tinted and clear brow gels, a micro-fine brow pen in three shades and a set of super-cute gold hair clips.
— Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2023 -
And also, watching the game with a ballpoint pen in hand to do my best to practice on timing when to ring in.
— Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2022 -
Claudia dips her pen in Lestat's blood to record his dying words.
— Sara Netzley, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2022 -
The officer talked to the walker, who appeared high, denied calling 911 and had a vape pen in his hand.
— John Benson, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2022 -
The woman appears to talk to him while holding a pen in her other hand, with the documents in front of them on the table.
— Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024 -
In addition, a rescue group sent West five wild mustangs from a kill pen in Colorado with three more on the way.
— Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 July 2023 -
Otherwise, go for something a bit more cheeky, like a novelty pen in the shape of a hotdog.
— Brittney Morgan, housebeautiful.com, 5 May 2023 -
Otherwise, go for something a bit more cheeky, like a novelty pen in the shape of a hotdog.
— Brittney Morgan, housebeautiful.com, 5 May 2023 -
With my notepad and pen in hand, nothing was going to stop me from learning how to construct a profile — even my own fear.
— Claire Coffey, oregonlive, 18 July 2023 -
Comanche, a gleaming black draft horse mix, had been scheduled to ship out to Mexico in May from a pen in Bowie, Texas.
— Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 July 2023 -
To avoid embarrassing those trying to shake his right hand, Dole always clutched a pen in it and reached out with his left.
— J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al, 6 Dec. 2021 -
High up in the bleachers, away from the raucous crowds below, coach Debbie Millbern sat with a notebook on her lap and pen in hand.
— The Indianapolis Star, 28 Sep. 2022 -
Well, at the heart of this case is an eighth grade girl, and this happened on September 7th after the girl’s friend had asked her to put a vape pen in her locker.
— Laura Johnston, cleveland, 6 Jan. 2023 -
Read more: Miss Manners: What’s proper way to shut down uninvited guest who whips out vape pen in my house?
— Judith Martin, oregonlive, 1 Mar. 2023 -
Black Lives Matter supporters protest on bikes; riot police use them to pen in crowds.
— Curbed, 25 May 2022 -
Each shows a fair-haired woman, finely dressed in a yellow satin jacket and seated at a table, with a pen in her right hand and a sheet of paper at the ready.
— Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023 -
Donovan Clingan, the pen in his hand, the paper on a table before him, looked out at dozens of friends, teammates, coaches, teachers.
— Dom Amore, courant.com, 11 Nov. 2021 -
Seid would even go line by line through the company’s vast list of products, pen in hand, changing the prices of individual items.
— Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 6 Sep. 2022 -
Your tween will thank you for that Tide pen in their backpack when their lunch accidentally dribbles down their tee.
— Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 8 Aug. 2023 -
Throwing his pen in visible frustration, the judge rested his head in his hand, while Harris parked.
— Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024 -
Ebony Haines stashed the vape pen in an electrical panel in a room where jail supervisors oversee what’s happening in the jail.
— Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 8 Mar. 2021 -
Two years later, the brother of the gangster killed in Dubai was kidnapped from his house in Tehran and executed in a dog pen in southeastern Turkey.
— Alexander Clapp, The New Republic, 28 Sep. 2020 -
The whale will be flown across the country and housed in a natural sea pen in Washington state, where it will be monitored and taught to fish after decades of being fed by handlers.
— Jay Croft, CNN, 31 Mar. 2023 -
But this year’s slate of designers will look familiar to longtime fans of the show, as 14 past competitors make their way back to their sewing stations with needle, thread, and erasable pen in hand.
— Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 9 May 2023 -
Overnight Whitening Pen Having your teeth professionally whitened can cost hundreds of dollars — instead, use this pen in the comfort of your own home.
— Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2024
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