ballpoint
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He called her every day and kept a diary, sketching rap lyrics and poems in blue ballpoint pen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
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
Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer showed his frustration by incessantly clicking his ballpoint pen during his postgame media interview.
From Seattle Times • May 5, 2024
One wall features several swirling mandalas pristinely plotted with a rainbow of ballpoint pens.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024
She sees the inscription, the force of the ballpoint pen he’d used slighdy crimping the other side of the page.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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