She carefully shaded the portrait with a colored pencil, blending layers to achieve a soft gradient.

She fished her carpenter's pencil out of the sawdust and used its thick, oval graphite to mark a straight line across the rough plank; the red body made it easy to find among the construction debris.

The nurse applied a caustic pencil to chemically cauterize a small skin lesion.

She sketched the landscape with a lead pencil before inking the final lines.

She chose curtains with pencil pleats to give the room a neat, tailored look.

The demolition team carefully attached a pencil detonator to the charge and retreated to a safe distance.

The security team found several pencil detonators hidden inside the shipment of electronics.

The museum labeled the replica time pencil to show how such devices were disguised during wartime.

We need to run the numbers to see if this expansion will pencil out before we sign any leases.

She clicked the pen pencil to advance the lead and began the sketch.