How to Use fountain pen in a Sentence

fountain pen

noun
  • My fountain pen leaks, My wife hollers at me and my kids are all freaks.
    — Matt Schudel, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2020
  • This three-piece set includes a ball point, gel, and fountain pen as well as refills.
    — Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Both the fountain pen and the rollerball are 138mm in length.
    — Nancy Olson, Forbes, 12 June 2021
  • Plus there were many materials fountain pens couldn't write on at all.
    — New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
  • No one is standing at a podium, waving a fountain pen and pledging to put them back to work.
    — Mackenzie Lewis Kassab, Glamour, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Customers can personalize their very own shade of ink for their fountain pens.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2018
  • The collection is available as a fountain pen and a rollerball.
    — Nancy Olson, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • One was rounded at the ends and sported a spiky crown of tiny hairs; another was shaped like a fountain pen.
    — Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2020
  • And on that front, the gripped, flared, fountain pen-like stylus is comfy enough for extended use.
    — Paul Schrodt, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The fountain pen was tracking speedily across the yellow sheet.
    — Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
  • His friends were playing with a four-foot replica of a Shaeffer fountain pen.
    — Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The collection includes a fountain pen and a rollerball, each crafted from cobalt blue acrylic.
    — Nancy Olson, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Today’s niche drama is brought to you by the fountain pen community.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The main problem with adopting a fountain pen as one’s primary writing tool is knowing where to start.
    — Brett Braley, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The Lamy Safari is a dearly beloved workhorse in the fountain pen world—and for good reason.
    — Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Seated at the front of the courtroom, Hassenplug zipped open his leather binder and uncapped his fountain pen.
    — Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Before leaving Dickie’s house after lunch, Tom swipes a fountain pen from his desk.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The fountain pen is filled by cartridge or converter and features six nib size options; it is priced at $595.
    — Nancy Olson, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Available as a fountain pen or rollerball, the collection pays tribute to the Louvre.
    — Nancy Olson, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The paper perfectly absorbs ink from her Baron Fig Squire fountain pen and doesn't bleed through.
    — Medea Giordano, WIRED, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Typewriters offer an analog experience craved by so many, the same folks drawn to records, film cameras and fountain pens.
    — cincinnati.com, 10 May 2023
  • That allows this affordable fountain pen to glide easily across the page as ink issues forth from its replaceable cartridge.
    — Rob Verger, Popular Science, 18 Apr. 2020
  • However, with a nib or fountain pen, the ink flows out under gravity or, in more elaborate fountain pens, the force of a piston.
    — New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The cartridge- or converter-filled fountain pen’s nib is 18-karat gold with rhodium coating, available in fine, medium and broad sizes.
    — Nancy Olson, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The Tomoe River paper resists bleeding from your fountain pen.
    — Medea Giordan, Wired, 30 Aug. 2021
  • My life was moving toward entropy, my fountain pen was leaking, my pocket watch was running late, and all the doorknobs in my studio were broken.
    — Lawrence Weschler, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2020
  • Fancy metallic pens or fountain pens can sometimes cause issues with airport security.
    — Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Fancy metallic pens or fountain pens can sometimes cause issues with airport security.
    — Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The Starburst fountain pen has a 14-karat white gold nib, while the Sunburst has a 14-karat yellow gold nib.
    — Nancy Olson, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Fox has the blueprints and the correspondence, handwritten in fountain pen, between the architect and his client.
    — Kim Palmer, Star Tribune, 15 Jan. 2021

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