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How to use pen in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Pen means an enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle. Example: “There are two steers in the third pen.”

Examples of pen by meaning

nounAn enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.

  • There are two steers in the third pen.

nounA penitentiary, i.e. a state or federal prison for convicted felons.

  • They caught him with a stolen horse, and he wound up in the pen again.

nounThe bullpen.

  • Two righties are up in the pen.

nounA tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make...

  • He took notes with a pen.
  • another novel from the pen of everybody's fave thriller writer.
  • Please use a pen, not a pencil, when filling out this form. Use black or blue ink only.

nounA writer, or their style.

  • He has a sharp pen.

nounMarks of ink left by a pen.

  • He's unhappy because he got pen on his new shirt.

nounThe internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen.

  • A pen is nothing more complex than a decalcified shell, so one mutation of the genes that controlled calcification could be all it took.2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 117

nounA syringe-like device for injecting a dose of medication such as insulin or epinephrine. (See Injector pen.).

  • "Doesn't it make sense that she kept an extra pen in her cupboard, and one in her bag?2023 August 29, Geri Krotow, A Wasp in the Woods, Tule Publishing, →ISBN

More sentences with pen

  • A new wife for the gander is introduced into the pen.From the entry wife
  • Despite hardly having any energy to lift a pen, she left a legible note on the paper.From the entry legible
  • The man kept a pen with two pigs that he fed everything from carrots to cabbage.From the entry pig
  • I find fountain pens easier to write with than ballpoint pens, but YMMV.From the entry YMMV
  • They put me in the state pen for a year for that.From the entry put in
  • Is this your pen I found kicking around in my drawer?From the entry kick around
  • Be careful in the pen, that ram can knock you down with a butt.From the entry butt
  • The hogs oinked happily in their pen as the farmer poured slop in their feeding trough.From the entry oink
  • You never bring you’re own pen but always ask to borrow mine, you scabby git!From the entry scabby
  • We can pick up more paper and pens at the stationery store.From the entry stationery
  • Quick, here's a pen, get this down will you, before I forget.From the entry get down
  • I've been corresponding with my German pen pal for three years.From the entry correspond
  • Act your age and stop fiddling with that pen – you’re showing us up.From the entry act one's age
  • He read the poem carefully, then annotated it with a felt pen.From the entry annotate
  • Pen in hand, I turned back to the letter I was writing.From the entry in hand
  • If you have a pen, you can take down my phone number.From the entry take down
  • Try looking in the office: there should be a few pens floating around there.From the entry float around
  • The greeting package consists of some brochures, a pen, and a notepad.From the entry consist of
  • We have to open the pen so the calves can mother up.From the entry mother up
  • This pen is his. These books are also his.From the entry his
  • "Give me your pen." — "I don't have any pen."From the entry any
  • He put the pen on the table.From the entry put on
  • I've lost my pen! —Here mate, borrow mine. —You legend.From the entry legend
  • Never use ammonia to clean metal writing pens.From the entry ammonia
  • I usually sketch with a pen rather than a pencil.From the entry sketch
  • He loves using fountain pens for school work.From the entry fountain pen
  • Just throw that pen out if it doesn't write anymore.From the entry throw out
  • My broken pen dripped ink onto the table.From the entry drip
  • We're cutting back. No new printers or pens, just refills.From the entry refill
  • I have tons of pens, but none of them work.From the entry tons

Meaning of pen

  1. noun An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.
  2. noun A penitentiary, i.e. a state or federal prison for convicted felons.
  3. noun The bullpen.

Full definition of pen

Questions about pen in a sentence

How do you use pen in a sentence?
Pen is used as a noun and verb. For example: “There are two steers in the third pen.”
What is a short sentence with pen?
“He has a sharp pen.”
What does pen mean?
Pen means an enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pen (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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