How to Use pencil in in a Sentence

pencil in

phrasal verb
Definition of pencil innext
  • Grab your crew and pencil in a time at one of our 44 picks for the summer, here.
    — Lauryn Azu, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2023
  • Place the ends of the horizontal pencil in the side holes.
    — Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
  • My right hand on my desk, my left hand fiddling with a pencil in the air.
    — Michael W. Clune, Harper's Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The Fed has penciled in three, the market’s still pricing over five.
    — Krystal Hur, CNN, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Judith Jones still sits at the head of that table, knife, fork, and red pencil in hand.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Pearl has Jones penciled in to take Jasper’s spot as the starting shooting guard.
    — Matt Cohen | [email protected], al, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The trial is penciled in for jury selection for the week of June 3.
    — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Go ahead and pencil in its latest as the center who will walk to midcourt for the opening tip.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2024
  • That might suggest at least one more hike is penciled in for later this year.
    — WSJ, 26 July 2023
  • This June, pencil in a weekend to hop from stop to stop to sample the suds your local brewers have to offer.
    — Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 13 May 2023
  • That message has stuck even as the Fed penciled in three rate cuts next year — causing the markets to start popping the champagne.
    — Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Thomas, penciled in as a starter, can play safety, nickel and corner.
    — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 10 May 2023
  • Fed officials have penciled in three rate cuts for 2024.
    — David Harrison, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The central bank at its June policy meeting held rates steady and penciled in one cut for 2024.
    — Krystal Hur, CNN, 18 June 2024
  • Thompson is penciled in to come off the bench and could become the team’s secret weapon thanks to her speed that can break down the opposing defense.
    — Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
  • The central bank has penciled in a half percentage point more of rate cuts this year and a full percentage point of easing in 2025.
    — Krystal Hur, CNN, 25 Sep. 2024
  • But Fed officials have penciled in just one rate cut for this year, and the days of ultra-low interest rates are long gone.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN, 21 June 2024
  • The right-hander was penciled in as a starter last fall, shuffled back to the pen in February and then briefly moved into the rotation in March.
    — Mark Long, Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2024
  • Fed officials have penciled in three rate cuts, even as the decline in inflation there has slowed.
    — David McHugh, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
  • But even with that seeming end point penciled in, Easton is bearing on reprising the role.
    — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 5 July 2024
  • Analysts had penciled in growth of more than 5 percent.
    — Kathryn Hopkins, WWD, 19 Sep. 2024
  • At the start of the year, many of Wall Street’s top forecasters were expecting just that in 2024, penciling in as many as six interest-rate cuts.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 12 June 2024
  • Suarez is penciled in to start on Tuesday when the Angels open a three-game series at the Arizona Diamondbacks.
    — Dan Arritt, Orange County Register, 9 June 2024
  • Trent Grisham is penciled in as the Yankees’ fourth outfielder.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
  • That’s when Trent Grisham, questionably penciled in as the fifth hitter for the first time this season, smoked a Tyler Glasnow fastball to right field.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 June 2024
  • Now, a day after the central bank penciled in three rate cuts next year, green-energy stocks are helping to drive stocks higher.
    — David Uberti, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Veteran right-hander Lance Lynn, who gave up a major league-high 44 homers this season, is penciled in for Game 3.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2023
  • And, because housing is the most urgent need there and everywhere in California, the A’s penciled in 3,000 new homes at each site.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • On his wall is a calendar with a job orientation penciled in.
    — R.j. Rico and Jesse Bedayn, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 June 2024
  • What's next: Calderone is looking toward the holidays and inauguration, but again, uncertainty pervades and plans are being penciled in rather than set in stone.
    — Anna Spiegel, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024

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