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Don’t look to the chalkboard on the wall behind the bar; that’s for the day’s aspirations.—Miami Herald, 18 June 2026 From a stunning rooftop in Brooklyn, Hayes used her trusty chalkboard to provide insightful tactical analysis during a break that actually added to the viewing experience.—Emily Olsen, New York Times, 16 June 2026 For decades, many of these questions existed mainly on chalkboards and in complex equations.—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 June 2026 The premise means that almost the entire episode is free of dialogue, with the characters communicating by writing on chalkboards and gesturing.—ArsTechnica, 7 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for chalkboard