blue pencil
Example Sentences
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He was scheduled to host the program this Saturday, timed to the premiere of “Bupkis” — which also has Lorne Michaels as a producer — but the writers strike put a blue pencil through it.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2023
Go to “edit profile,” click the blue pencil next to the job you just lost, and you’ll have the opportunity to uncheck the “I currently work there” box, and to put in an end date.
From Forbes • Sep. 8, 2014
Bennett did not break out his blue pencil.
From Slate • Jul. 24, 2014
Here, too, are the original plans for the Normandy invasion, with red and blue pencil marks showing the hoped-for positions after the first day of fighting.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2014
He sat there and doodled with his blue pencil on a tablet, listening to me spiel to him for three or four minutes before he got a word in.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
