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How to use crayon in a sentence

23 example sentences · noun, verb

Crayon means a stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing. Example: “Using a crayon, the girl made a print of the leaf under the page.”

More sentences with crayon

  • Using a crayon, the girl made a print of the leaf under the page.From the entry print
  • Despite to Matt's fears, he did not turn himself into a "meat crayon" in the process.2022 August 15, Keegan Wells, “Aussie Skateboarder First in World To Hill-Bomb Baldwin”, in Critic Te Ārohi, number 19, Otago, New…. From the entry meat crayon
  • “That color is not on any of my chalks or crayons.2014, Candice Ransom, Seeing Sky-Blue Pink, Carolrhoda Books, →ISBN. From the entry sky-blue pink
  • The maze on the children's menu goes unwandered with the crayons the waitress brings in a cup.2001, Wendy Rawlings, Come Back Irish, page 92. From the entry unwandered
  • Some had illustrated their cards in crayon, and I found these drawings strangely moving.1988, John Hildebrand, Reading the River: A Voyage Down the Yukon, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 137. From the entry stickwoman
  • Before long, the other youngster came up the aisle with crayons and paper in hand.1984, Joanne Oppenheim, Kids and play. From the entry playathon
  • The department concluded its report with a suggested treatment for crayon eaters.1951 February 3, “Dyes Do It: ‘Blue Baby’ Crayon-Eating Case Solved”, in Los Angeles Times, volume LXX, Los Angeles, Calif., part 1, page…. From the entry crayon eater
  • Do you want to become a meat crayon?2019 October 23, @Sampai, Twitter. From the entry meat crayon
  • Can scribble, grasping crayon full-handed and awkwardly.2013, Gardner, Smart and Smarter, →ISBN. From the entry full-handed
  • I can't help myself-⁠-I'm a crayon eater.1995 January–February, Desparate^([sic]) [pseudonym], “Advice”, in Peek-a-Boo, number 12, Austin, Tex., page 26, column 2. From the entry crayon eater
  • Colorable kid menu with crayons provided for the under-21 set.1990, Val Mallinson, The Dog Lover's Companion to the Pacific Northwest: The Inside Scoop on Where to Take Your Dog, →ISBN, page 426. From the entry colorable
  • I try to take them through as many as possible; water color, crayons, charcoal, tempera, and india ink, casein—everything but oil."1963, Themis of Zeta Tau Alpha, volume 62, number 1, Menasha, Wis.: Zeta Tau Alpha, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19, column 3. From the entry blotto
  • Black Magic—Grease spots on wallpaper and even crayon marks will wipe way easily by the use of nail-polish-remover, leaving no ring.1957 August 6, Pennine Chain [pseudonym], “Helpful Hints For Homemakers”, in The Boston Daily Globe, volume CLXXII, number 37, Boston…. From the entry nail-polish-remover
  • Like a box of crayons, we are all born with an astounding range of color options, from Mauvelous to Tickle Me Pink.2012 February 17, Chris Rodell, Use All the Crayons!: The Colorful Guide to Simple Human Happiness, Bloomington: iUniverse, page xiv. From the entry mauvelous
  • His voice is pleasantly rumbly; his smile is so wide that it seems to have been drawn onto his face with a crayon.2007 June 24, Negar Azimi, “Hard Realities of Soft Power”, in New York Times. From the entry rumbly
  • Also, I introduced him to crayons.2004, Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, →ISBN. From the entry with training wheels
  • You'll notice that all the illustrations are done in different media: some with pencil crayons, some with felts, some with paint, some with chalk pastels.1989, Anne D. Forester, Margaret Reinhard, The Learners' Way, page 116. From the entry felt
  • Tacked to Miss Trixie's desk was a large sign that said miss trixie with an old-fashioned nosegay drawn in crayon in one corner.1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, chapter 5, in A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing)…. From the entry nosegay
  • A meager talent for sketching and crayon work led me to attempt crude picturizations involving the outlandish denizens of my nighted thoughts.1935, Robert Bloch, The Shambler from the Stars. From the entry picturization
  • A redent refurb means that there is now a larger play area for children, with a table and crayons to amuse them while you flex Daddy's Amex.2005, Emmah Duffus, Charlotte Purssord,, edited by Emmah Fuffus, Where to Wear London 2006: Fashion Shopping From A-Z, Where to Wear…. From the entry refurb
  • He had drawn pictures for them with crayons and pulled faces, hummed tunes and danced stupidly around the room until it was time for the goodnight visit.1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus. From the entry pull faces
  • When she was 6 years old in her native Cheshire, England, her “mum” came in one night and found her darling daughter crayoning mice onto an otherwise mice-less wallpaper.1994 July 6, Judi Tull, “Smithfield decorator wins franchise’s national award”, in Daily Press, 99th year, number 187, Newport News, Va.…. From the entry mice-less
  • For the next two weeks David worked resolutely at the drawing board turning out Chagalls in crayon, watercolor, and gouache, and he even experimented boldly in oils.1973, Anne-Marie Stein, George Carpozi, Three Picassos Before Breakfast: Memoirs of an Art Forger's Wife, Hawthorne Books, page 46. From the entry Chagall

Meaning of crayon

  1. noun A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.
  2. noun A colored pencil, a colouring pencil.
  3. noun A crayon drawing, or a drawing with colored lines.

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Questions about crayon in a sentence

How do you use crayon in a sentence?
Crayon is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Using a crayon, the girl made a print of the leaf under the page.”
What is a short sentence with crayon?
“Also, I introduced him to crayons.”
What does crayon mean?
Crayon means a stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.

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