mechanical pencil
Americannoun
-
mechanical pencils
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
With the width of a thin mechanical pencil lead and the length of a sewing pin, it’s easy to see how this tiny, thread-like snippet of an invertebrate has gone unnoticed — until now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
The video equipment has improved, but even now researchers often take waterproof notes by writing on pieces of PVC pipe with a mechanical pencil.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 24, 2022
I spent countless hours, belly on the floor, struggling with my math homework, pressing mechanical pencil to ruler.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2022
I was drumming my mechanical pencil on the table for five minutes straight, stumped on this one problem, and barely had the stamina to continue.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 28, 2021
Tucker leaned against the counter and clipped his mechanical pencil to the frames of his glasses.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
