in pencil

phrase

: by using a pencil

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Examples of in pencil in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Her copy of Beginner's Yoruba became water-stained and covered in pencil marks. — Anya Steinberg, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026

Some scores were completed only a day or two before the tracking date, hastily jotted in pencil as the deadline loomed. — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

Plan a future trip in pencil, leaving yourself plenty of time and space to change things. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026

That waste remains in pencil-thin rods assembled in steel tubes behind 5 feet of glass through which shift workers peer 24 hours a day to manipulate remote arms to cut them up, melt them down and pour the useful parts into molds from which the lab can fashion the new fuel. — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 12 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for in pencil

• commensal
• prehensile
• utensil
• intercensal
• stencil
• tensile