pen pal

Example Sentences

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It was a dream come true for Max, who has since become Britain's youngest zookeeper at Chessington Zoo, and acquired an Australian pen pal who loves Max's passion.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

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

Twenty years after their unlikely pen pal correspondence comes to a sudden end, Iris is working as a journalist in London and sets about trying to find her pen friend.

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

My parents knew I had a pen pal in Zimbabwe, but they did not know how close we had become.

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