[
US
/ˈbɔɫpɔɪnt/
]
[ UK /bˈɔːlpɔɪnt/ ]
[ UK /bˈɔːlpɔɪnt/ ]
NOUN
- a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper
How To Use ballpoint In A Sentence
- It seems to embrace a lot of our speculations here about the willful nature of ideas, and works well for things within our conscious realm, from babies to ballpoints.
- A furtive local sidled up to me holding a pad and a ballpoint.
- But he pulled a piece of paper in front of him anyway, uncapped a ballpoint. THE SERPENT'S MARK
- Velcro came from the hooks that stuck burrs to a dog's fur. Roll-on deodorant uses the same technology as the ballpoint pen.
- When I left for pastures new, I had literally a couple of dozen pencils, disposable ballpoints, marker pens, and highlighters stashed in my top drawer.
- Cut out fish shapes from different colors of craft foam. Draw eyes with a ballpoint pen.
- I find working on plain white paper with a ballpoint pen is the best way.
- I took a ballpoint pen and punched a hole in the carton.
- He also began to draw, creating whatever surfaced in his stream of consciousness - using crayons, pencils, ballpoint pens, brushes and watercolors.
- Even fountain pens, though invented around 1884, were thought to be incompatible with a neat hand, and ballpoints were definitely the devil's invention.