pen pal

noun

Definition of pen pal

: a friend made and kept through correspondence

Examples of pen pal in a Sentence

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In March 2016, a man claiming to be a US Army captain stationed in Syria reached out to a Japanese woman on an international site for digital pen pals. — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, "Nigerian men in California oversaw a romance scam that targeted women worldwide, feds say," 23 Aug. 2019 Blanchard, serving 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the stabbing death of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, met Ken from behind bars while exchanging letters as pen pals nearly two years ago. — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, "Gypsy Rose Blanchard is pictured with her new fiancé behind bars for the first time," 15 Mar. 2019 The novel seems to approach the sweeping, multigenerational sagas of Zink’s pen pal Franzen. — Madeleine Schwartz, The New Yorker, "Nell Zink’s Satire Raises the Stakes," 26 Aug. 2019 The relationship between a Japanese woman and a U.S. Army captain stationed in Syria started online, through an international social network for digital pen pals. — Stefanie Dazio, chicagotribune.com, "FBI charges 80 people, operating mainly out of LA and Nigeria, with stealing at least $46 million through various fraud schemes," 22 Aug. 2019 One of her followers retweeted with a picture holding the same book and asked if the two could be pen pals and swap notes. — Kynala Phillips, Essence, "Reading For All The Homies: Rapper Noname Starts New Book Club," 29 July 2019 People first reported the news of her engagement to her prison pen pal in April of 2019. — Kaitlin Reilly, refinery29.com, "Gypsy Rose Blanchard Pictured With Fiancé For First Time," 15 July 2019 Punky became more than a critic, more than an attentive reader, more than a pen pal with a unique eye for Alabama shenanigans. — John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al.com, "Meet the New York Times of rhymes," 10 July 2019 Jay and Jun spent their youths countries apart but were pen pals. — Delfina Barbiero, USA TODAY, "Randy Ribay's moving 'Patron Saints of Nothing' a YA tale of grief, Philippine drug war," 19 June 2019

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