Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
penciled , penciling.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
pencil .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective drawn or written with a pencil
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Examples
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The book is covered in pencilled thoughts because so much has struck me as unusual as I've read, prepare for a Darkmans love-in here on Wednesday.
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The book is covered in pencilled thoughts because so much has struck me as unusual as I've read, prepare for a Darkmans love-in here on Wednesday.
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The book is covered in pencilled thoughts because so much has struck me as unusual as I've read, prepare for a Darkmans love-in here on Wednesday.
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Their availability won't impact the chances of Paul Gallen earning a representative recall, with the Cronulla lock understood to have already had his name pencilled in by selectors keen to add some starch to the pack after a lacklustre performance in Origin I. "I'm not reading into it too much, all the media talk, we will see what happens," Gallen said.
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"When you come to the rink and see your name pencilled into the second line and you know that after two shifts you'll be back on the fourth line if you make a mistake, it's tough to deal with," said the 6-foot-2, 230-pound Latendresse.
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The spectroscope will detect less than one-millionth of the matter contained in the word pencilled above.] [Illustration: _Reproduced by permission of X-Rays Ltd.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told J. Arthur Thomson 1897
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I thought it was just a survey for old people and I was about to throw it away when I saw Jean’s name pencilled in on one corner, he said yesterday.
For her own good 2007
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I thought it was just a survey for old people and I was about to throw it away when I saw Jean’s name pencilled in on one corner, he said yesterday.
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Kadri is "pencilled" into the 2020-11 Leaf lineup.
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He also bulked up, adding about 15 pounds, and is fond of telling people he knows he's "pencilled" in for the
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