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I wonder how Key Arena "pencil's out" when faced with direct competition.

Unsafe and Unsound « PubliCola 2010

Oscar taps his pencil's nub of eraser against a faintly sketched line made a few weeks ago, marking the boundaries of a dense forest full of wild beasts that fills almost the entire upper region of the map.

Untitled w/ lightbulb Steve Himmer 2011

He slides the finished pencil's very sharp tip into a specially-sized segment of plastic tubing, then puts the whole pencil in a larger, firmer tube that looks like it belongs in a science experiment.

Trivial Pursuit 2010

Ah, here it comes, right now, this is it, my pencil's poised, here it comes: Zip.

A Feast Of Hate And Fear 2008

Nope, the pencil's not a big issue for me--always thought it was a cunning attempt to keep a PG 13 rating.

On Violence and Restraint in The Dark Knight Ed Howard 2008

Your pencil's blunt, your easel's wobbly, you're working in your own light, and you seem to have no grasp of human anatomy at all.

'Life Class' 2008

I almost swallowed the pencil's eraser as I looked up.

The Quickie Patterson, James, 1947- 2007

By the time he returned to his desk, the needle was no more than a pencil's width from the peg.

The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006

And though it seemed as though his thick black fingers could barely get purchase on die pencil's shaft, the gunsmith quickly and easily wrote ARECO in flowing uncials so perfect you'd swear he'd attended a convent school.

The Life of the World to Come Baker, Kage 2004

It was less to him than the breaking of a pencil's point.

The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001