nib
Example Sentences
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Writing with the German-made pen, Tepper says, is “almost like riding a wild horse” because it’s a larger pen with an extremely smooth nib.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025
Use the Speedball Lino, U nib for everything in between the outline.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2022
Importantly, the knife was used to adjust the nib of the writing instrument when it became dull after much use.
From Salon • Oct. 15, 2022
It was a 1925 black-and-pearl-celluloid pen with a flexible nib, the part that touches the paper.
From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2022
But I have absolutely nothing else to do, and I have the most marvelous pen in the world—an Eterpen, it has a tiny hall bearing in the nib and is full of quick-drying printer’s ink.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
