How to Use pen in a Sentence

pen

1 of 2 verb

• They’d all been penned that day.
  — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
• Chase Palmer penned the script.
  — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
• David Kukoff penned the script.
  — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
• Kevin Yarris penned the script.
  — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
• Hope takes a paper and pen and looks down.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
• Gilroy penned the script and directs.
  — Jack Dunn, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026
• No one, though, could have penned this story.
  — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 26 June 2026
• Red ink penned the heart and wonder of her child gone too soon.
  — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 28 Dec. 2025
• Dan Gilroy penned the most recent draft.
  — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
• Travis Braun is penning the script.
  — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
• Melanie Toast penned the latest draft.
  — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
• David Coggeshall penned the script.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
• Tomasso has penned hundreds of notes so far.
  — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
• Sheridan will pen all eight episodes of the show’s first season.
  — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
• Swift penned a single for the film's soundtrack.
  — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 9 June 2026
• Gibb wrote a song for the movie, his first in years, while penning a memoir.
  — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
• Ohnooy and Lee Tae-young penned the screenplay.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Jan. 2026
• You exec produced the show and penned the finale.
  — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
• Trevorrow and Joe Esptein are in talks to pen the script.
  — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
• Whether it was penned by Apa or some Brit with possessed hips, the song soon took off.
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
• Dan Fogelman penned the script.
  — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2026
• Roth penned the script with Jeff Rendell, his childhood friend.
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Nov. 2023
• Eric Warren Singer penned the first draft.
  — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
• Noah Oppenheim penned the script.
  — Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
• But the rest of the film, also penned by Ansari, is less consistent.
  — Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
• Kara Holden penned the screenplay.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
• A day later, Walker penned a letter about the sale.
  — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
• Christy Hall penned the screenplay based on Hoover’s bestseller.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023
• Ana Nogueira penned the script for the project, which arrives June 26.
  — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 8 Feb. 2026
• Many of the letters that were sent to the court in recent weeks were penned by family and friends.
  — Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025

pen

2 of 2 noun

• Why did the nurse need a red pen?
  — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
• As to what kind of pen to bring?
  — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
• Let’s bust out the red pen and drop some grades on this trade.
  — Zach Harper, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
• Put pen to paper for this deal.
  — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 25 May 2026
• Put pen to paper for this deal.
  — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 26 May 2026
• Put pen to paper for this deal.
  — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 24 May 2026
• Let’s bust out the red pen and throw some grades on this trade.
  — Zach Harper, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
• Let’s bust out the red pen and throw some grades on this trade.
  — Zach Harper, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
• Time to put pen to paper on this deal.
  — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 23 Apr. 2026
• Which outdoor pens for dogs are best?
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
• Her pen moves with the same agility as her voice.
  — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
• Which acupuncture pen for foot pain is best?
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026
• What’s the best acupuncture pen to buy?
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
• What are the best outdoor pens for dogs to buy?
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
• In his breast pocket were what looked like two pens.
  — James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
• Sharpies, markers or paint pens.
  — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
• What’s the best acupuncture pen for foot pain to buy?
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026
• Mark the bite area with a pen and write down the time of the snake strike.
  — Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• Let’s bust out the red pen and get the trade grades flowing.
  — Zach Harper, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
• But, but, but — there wasn’t four feet of snow in my reindeer pen.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2023
• Back in the day, my habit was to write in cheap notebooks with a good pen.
  — Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025
• Ember took out a pen, then paused over the details.
  — Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
• Some models had caps on the ends for smaller things like pens.
  — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
• Thank you so much for putting pen to paper and wishing me well.
  — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
• These wireless mice are shaped like a pen and have a few buttons.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
• There are even pens that can work in the weightlessness of space.
  — New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
• These pens go by many names around the world, but they're known mainly by two monikers.
  — New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
• Others offer props like pens and books.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
• The edges had curled and yellowed and some of the text was circled in pen.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2024
• In fact, there’s no pen or paper, either.
  — Jocelyn Gecker, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026