How to Use felt-tip in a Sentence

felt-tip

noun
  • Wobbly, felt-tip, black-and-white lines show a skinny woman sunbathing topless on a roof with her cat.
    — Jo Livingstone, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • An employee in an apron was down on her hands and knees, restocking the felt-tip pens from a drawer beneath the display.
    — Mary Norris, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Unlike a felt-tip pen, which delivers a relatively consistent line, a brush liner behaves more like a tiny paintbrush.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 24 July 2026
  • Essentially the marker version of eyeliner, liquid liner in felt-tip pen form offers a firm applicator that helps create clean lines.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 24 July 2026
  • In 2017, Sharpie discontinued the extra fine point felt-tip pen to make way for an ultra fine point pen, which appears thinner in comparison.
    — Nino Paoli, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Ask any Allure editor about eyeliners, and a felt-tip liquid option is bound to come up—like Stila’s Best of Beauty Award-winning Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner.
    — Lily Wohlner, Allure, 24 Sep. 2025

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