Sentence examples for pen instead of from inspiring English sources

The observers had used a pen instead of a No. 2 pencil.

This penmanship is achieved by the use of a broad edged pen instead of a pointed one.

"It is part of the continuing 'Katrina-fication' of Harlem, carried out with a pen instead of a hurricane.

As a graphic journalist, he is basically a documentary filmmaker with a pen instead of a camera.

And General Palmer made his biggest imprint on the Vietnam era in retirement, with pen instead of sword.

In reality, the Jets had decided on Sanchez long before they wrote his name on the depth chart with pen instead of pencil.

Cowgirls, twirling felt-tip pens instead of lassos, wrangled these branded cattle in dark suits.

Stretching for the fanciful — writing "he crafts or pens" instead of "he writes"; writing "he muses" instead of "he says or thinks" — is a sure tip-off of weak writing.

She forbade them to smoke, insisted that they use fountain pens instead of ballpoints and hectored them for having dirty hair or being overweight or receiving too many personal calls.

Starting this month, it has begun to send people newly convicted of crimes that are non-violent, non-sexual and non-serious, or "non3" in the jargon, to jails, which are run by county sheriffs (and are normally used as pre-sentencing holding pens), instead of prisons, run by the state.

These days, it's not uncommon to see folks using oil pens instead of lighting up a good old-fashioned joint.