pen name

Example Sentences

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“I thought it was way too dangerous,” Zang, who goes by the pen name Sheng Xue, wrote on X. “But he actually went ahead and did it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Noir fans will recognize the title as belonging to a short story by William Irish, the pen name of that master of unease, Cornell Woolrich.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Written by Postel-Vinay — the pen name of L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Another famous cartoon - he signed them Abu, after his pen name - from that time shows a man asking another: "What do you think of editors who are more loyal than the censor?"

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025

“It’s a pen name, long story. Where you been?”

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas