How to Use pen in in a Sentence

pen in

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• She has been perked up at the desk, pen in hand, taking notes about the details.
  — Kate Tuttle, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2023
• Click the icon that looks like a square with a pen in the bottom right corner of the screen to start a new note.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2022
• And as the legal scholars put it, with the precision of a pen in an ink pot.
  — Ruchi Kumar, NPR, 8 May 2024
• Claudia dips her pen in Lestat's blood to record his dying words.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2022
• And also, watching the game with a ballpoint pen in hand to do my best to practice on timing when to ring in.
  — Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2022
• Otherwise, go for something a bit more cheeky, like a novelty pen in the shape of a hotdog.
  — Brittney Morgan, housebeautiful.com, 5 May 2023
• With my notepad and pen in hand, nothing was going to stop me from learning how to construct a profile — even my own fear.
  — Claire Coffey, oregonlive, 18 July 2023
• Swann has a pen in hand for every film session, absorbing everything.
  — Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Oct. 2020
• To avoid embarrassing those trying to shake his right hand, Dole always clutched a pen in it and reached out with his left.
  — J.d. Crowe | [email protected], al, 6 Dec. 2021
• The woman appears to talk to him while holding a pen in her other hand, with the documents in front of them on the table.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024
• Your tween will thank you for that Tide pen in their backpack when their lunch accidentally dribbles down their tee.
  — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 8 Aug. 2023
• Black Lives Matter supporters protest on bikes; riot police use them to pen in crowds.
  — Curbed, 25 May 2022
• In addition, a rescue group sent West five wild mustangs from a kill pen in Colorado with three more on the way.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 July 2023
• Jones was sitting across from her attorney with a pen in her hand when someone mentioned a nondisparagement clause.
  — Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
• Seid would even go line by line through the company’s vast list of products, pen in hand, changing the prices of individual items.
  — Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 6 Sep. 2022
• The officer talked to the walker, who appeared high, denied calling 911 and had a vape pen in his hand.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2022
• Throwing his pen in visible frustration, the judge rested his head in his hand, while Harris parked.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024
• On top of all this, how one wrote with these old pens was very different from today, beyond having to keep dipping a nib pen in the ink every few words.
  — New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
• Your credential, passport or valid ID, journal, and a pen in a waterproof bag.
  — Craig Martin, Outside Online, 8 May 2025
• Each shows a fair-haired woman, finely dressed in a yellow satin jacket and seated at a table, with a pen in her right hand and a sheet of paper at the ready.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
• Virgo is the zodiac’s editor-in-chief, the one with the red pen in hand, ready to make notes of errors and polish every sentence.
  — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
• With a folder and pen in hand, Jieire Vance stepped to the front door of the bungalow on Milwaukee’s north side.
  — John Diedrich, Journal Sentinel, 5 Dec. 2024
• High up in the bleachers, away from the raucous crowds below, coach Debbie Millbern sat with a notebook on her lap and pen in hand.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 28 Sep. 2022
• The Sharpie executive offered to make a pen in black and paint the White House on it and even his signature in gold.
  — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
• The muses may hold a pen in one hand and a smoke, or steaming mug, in the other—herbal remedies continue to be efficacious for writer’s block.
  — Alison Habens, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
• Ebony Haines stashed the vape pen in an electrical panel in a room where jail supervisors oversee what’s happening in the jail.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 8 Mar. 2021
• Donovan Clingan, the pen in his hand, the paper on a table before him, looked out at dozens of friends, teammates, coaches, teachers.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 11 Nov. 2021
• Well, at the heart of this case is an eighth grade girl, and this happened on September 7th after the girl’s friend had asked her to put a vape pen in her locker.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 6 Jan. 2023
• According to the announcement of the recall, a customer found a piece of a pen in their Original Boudain sausage link.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2025
• In one instance, five youth in a detention center were strip-searched because one of them might have been charging a vape pen in a computer classroom, the review found.
  — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025