Sentence Examples

1. Encased Peter took out his penknife and scratched at the encrusted surface of one of the giant iron statues on the beach, trying to see what was underneath.
2. The curate, astonished at his quickness and intelligence, made him a present of pens, paper, and a penknife.
3. Using his penknife, he slit the lining and turned the material inside out.
4. The poor man squalled terribly, and the colonel and his officers were in much pain, especially when they saw me take out my penknife but I soon put them out of fear for, looking mildly, and immediately cutting the strings he was bound with, I set him gently on the ground and away he ran.
5. I retrieved a penknife that Tom kept in his side table in the bedroom and forced open the lock.
6. The trousers held a little penknife and some silver, and the side pocket of his jacket contained an old crocodile-skin cigar-case.
7. Having no lancet, however, I was constrained to perform the operation in the best manner I was able, and finally succeeded in opening a vein in my right arm, with the blade of my penknife.
8. Today, he whittled a small piece of cedar using a penknife.