Sentence examples for takes a pen from inspiring English sources

A childish ditty that goes like this -- Timothy McSweeney, Timothy McSweeney / He takes a pen and paper and he writes things down" -- makes more sense if you are looking at the anecdote that accompanies it.

And I would trade all such revelations for that poised encounter, in "Man Without a Star" (1955), when Jeanne Crain, seated politely at a desk, with a ledger open in front of her, inquires of Douglas, "What do you want?" In response, he takes a pen, and scratches the word "You" in rough letters across the page.

He takes a pen from his ear and flips a coaster.

Satou carefully takes a pen in her hand, concentrates hard and slowly writes her name on a piece of paper.

This is her first time in school, but she is confident as she takes a pen to slowly print her name in capital letters.

He shrugged and took a pen out of his pocket.

Then he gregariously told Schumer to also take a pen.

So he took a pen and a spiral notebook and did what coaches do.

He took a pen and scribbled something on the back of a punch card.

In his teens he took a pen name drawn from the Czech writer, Jan Neruda.

Asked for his autograph, Abdallah took a pen and made his face even more serious.