Examples of lead pencil in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Hard-to-Pull Zippers When a zipper works, but requires a fair amount of strength to slide it up and down, try this: Take an ordinary lead pencil and rub its sharpened tip along the teeth on the zipper. — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2020 The dazzling 2005 is in transition between primary and secondary, showing the scent of lead pencil, often noted as a signature aroma of the wines of Bordeaux’s Pauillac region. — Jay Mcinerney, Town & Country, 13 Aug. 2018 Its quality was so superior that England became the leading pencil and graphite producer. — Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2016

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