pen pal

Example Sentences

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Maggie recalled sending off for pen pal lists while in school.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2023

Sigrid shared similar experiences, offering that “your pen pal will change your perspective on life, and you will gain as much as they do from the correspondence.”

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2023

A woman whose childhood pen pal suddenly stopped writing after fleeing the Rwanda genocide has written a novel to "exorcise the grief of not knowing what happened" to her.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2023

Lily had been studying English in school and had a British pen pal, whose family agreed to sponsor Lily’s removal to England as part of the operation known as Kindertransport.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2022

I could not believe my pen pal would send me something so precious.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda