Example sentences for: penned

How can you use “penned” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Now Scully has penned a New York Times Magazine piece on this topic.

  • An editorial penned by Angela Davis, June Jordan, and Alice Walker pleads for the life of Mumia Abu-Jamal.

  • Having fractured the international coalition, Saddam no longer fears the prospect of invasion from the coalition: Nations like France, Russia, and China have sworn to veto any U.N. military action because they want to protect the post-sanctions oil deals they've penned with Iraq.

  • Think what the clever spoonerist can do with “the painting is foul art, ” or perhaps even better, fowl art . Could one resist tampering if Joyce had written “She was a bit of awful lass, ” or if Shakespeare had penned “Thy chatter is but showful wit!

  • Same dart that was aimed at Austen, who penned slight little "parlor room dramas" instead of addressing the Napoleonic Wars!


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