ballpoint pen
noun
a pen in which the point is a fine ball bearing that rotates against a supply of semisolid ink in a cartridge, thus rolling the ink onto paper.
ballpoint pens
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pluralof ballpoint pen.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It has tweezers, whatever backgrounds I’m working with and cutting tools that are usually ballpoint pens that have run out of ink.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025
His foil is the vinegary, steely-spined principal, Sister Aloysius, who forbids the kids to sing “Frosty the Snowman” and is suspicious of ballpoint pens.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
Sitting in the gallery that overlooks the Senate floor, lobbyists pulled out ballpoint pens to track the yeas and nays.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2022
Said Roberts: “The ballpoint pen did as all ballpoint pens did in those days: It wrote in Morse code.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2022
They passed out flyers, pamphlets—A Message from City Councilman John Kwang—buttons, ballpoint pens, keychains, lapel pins, every last piece of it stamped with his perfectly angled script, simply signed, John.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
