How to Use ballpoint pen in a Sentence

ballpoint pen

noun
  • Cobain left behind a note written in a red ballpoint pen.
    — Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
  • On the back of each block, draw the outline of a dreidel with a ballpoint pen, pressing hard.
    — Janna Oberdorf, Parents, 15 Dec. 2025
  • With a ballpoint pen, one presses the tip to the paper and the ink simply rolls out onto the fibers.
    — New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Enter the humble ballpoint pen.
    — Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Print out your house numbers in an attractive font, then trace them onto your pumpkin with a ballpoint pen.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The slim knife carries an even slimmer ballpoint pen cartridge that hides away near the rounded tip of the handle.
    — New Atlas, 26 Mar. 2026
  • When an actor charms the pants off us, nothing, especially a writer with a ballpoint pen and bad hair, can persuade us to put them back on.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Tiny printer that works like a pen The MEDS device works much like a ballpoint pen, but on a much smaller scale.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
  • With the aid of his brother György, who was a dentist with a background in chemistry, Bíró set out to create a new ballpoint pen design based on viscous ink similar to newsprint.
    — New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
  • David Truttmann, the paper’s publisher, took me through a recent edition with a ballpoint pen, charting linguistic shifts like a field commander repositioning troops.
    — Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Clark is accused of setting up a covert video-recording device, disguised in a ballpoint pen, in the bathroom of a residence, using it to capture intimate footage of people, including minors, according to the case affidavit of probable cause.
    — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Speaking of practicality, there’s a 9-in-1 multitool pen that acts as an LED light, stylus, ruler, bubble level, bottle opener, screwdriver, and ballpoint pen.
    — Tabitha Britt, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Features shared by both models into a fold-out M390 steel cutting blade; a flathead screwdriver; a bottle opener; a retractable black ballpoint pen; an 8-cm ruler; a rope cutter; and an automotive window-glass-breaking stud.
    — New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2025

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