sketchpad
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sketchpad
First recorded in 1890–95; sketch ( def. ) + pad 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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There’s also a sketchpad: open, and blank: “We wanted it to look as if he was about to sketch.”
From Seattle Times • May 1, 2023
Outside their tent, she scrolled through snapshots of her drawings on her phone, her sketchpad stuck in the ruins of their home.
From Reuters • Mar. 21, 2023
Here, Williams takes the AP through her sketchpad, coloring in the key moments of Maxwell's trial with her behind-the-scenes observations:
From Fox News • Jan. 5, 2022
Waving aside her painful attempt to share them, Leo writes to her in his sketchpad that as long as they're together, nothing else matters.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2018
Once in the house, I go straight to my room, open a sketchpad, and start drawing.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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