How to Use penmanship in a Sentence

penmanship

noun

• My third grade teacher thought it was important for us to learn penmanship.
• Then there's this guy who has mad Lord of the Rings penmanship skills.
  — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 14 Apr. 2015
• In the practiced penmanship of the era, the names Spahn, Aaron, Torre and Mathews jumped out.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2021
• But at the same time, sometimes your penmanship can fail you.
  — Brendan O'Meara, Longreads, 10 May 2022
• In penmanship reflecting their ages, from tween to teen, each girl thanked me for the postcards.
  — Joan Donaldson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2021
• White showed off a room of 4-year-olds who were practicing their penmanship by writing the date on dry erase boards.
  — Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2022
• Colleagues recall him writing a song a day, scribbling lyrics in the penmanship of a sixth-grade girl, his i's crowned with hearts.
  — Karen Heller, chicagotribune.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• This one, still with the signature LA penmanship on the chest, was inspired by her boys and offers options for kids.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 9 June 2022
• Ideal for toddlers and up (with a little penmanship help from an adult).
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 23 Apr. 2023
• Fear of God briefs Custom Stamp: Chances are, if you were born before 1980, your penmanship is aberrant.
  — Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2023
• The columns were neatly ordered on loose sheets of paper, the penmanship crisp and careful.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 5 May 2021
• With honest penmanship, the song tells the story of a person who’s silently in love with someone else and dying on the inside.
  — Ingrid Fajardo, Billboard, 6 May 2022
• Its words quote a postcard sent from a Black soldier during World War I and even replicate his penmanship.
  — Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 23 July 2022
• Closer to penmanship than painting, this narrow concept of the medium seemed to have petered out a while ago.
  — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 31 May 2018
• The contents of the note were great, and still, baseball fans could not stop admiring Arrieta’s penmanship.
  — Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 13 Mar. 2018
• Hoye, 61, has long worked closely with Kast, whose scorebook is the official record and whose penmanship is precise.
  — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2021
• Once again, there was no clear winner, but everyone agreed that penmanship counts.
  — Deb Amlen, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2018
• At first, insurance, banking and finance sectors led the need for skilled clerks with good penmanship.
  — Nicole Kay Peterson, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2020
• At first, insurance, banking, and finance sectors led the need for skilled clerks with good penmanship.
  — Nicole Kay Peterson, Quartz at Work, 23 Oct. 2020
• Go out and craft: Take penmanship to the next level with this manuscript workshop at the Getty Center in Brentwood.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• Another shows a book review of sorts, written on lined paper in penmanship that appears to be a child’s.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2022
• There is Haya, who appoints herself a mentor for a new girl, Leanne, and assists her with penmanship in a way that crosses the line from helping to bossing around.
  — Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2017
• Plus, toying with sensory squishies, mushies, and gooshies can build cognitive skills and may even help kids with their penmanship.
  — Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh, National Geographic, 15 Oct. 2020
• In the earliest journal, dated 1837, the penmanship is crisp, the margins precise.
  — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 1 June 2017
• Your child can simply hold it up without much effort or need for fancy penmanship.
  — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 14 July 2022
• On the inside cover, my dad printed my full name in his perfect penmanship and had me underline it in red pencil.
  — Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com, 21 Nov. 2019
• The art of penmanship intrigued many scribes in early America.
  — Charlene Paparizos, cleveland.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• Two notable things would come from her penmanship: a record deal and a Grammy nomination.
  — Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2022
• It’s regarded, hands down, as the Super Bowl of penmanship tournaments.
  — Mary Pflum, NBC News, 1 Apr. 2024
• Lousy penmanship didn’t stop me from becoming someone whose profession depends on shaping letters.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024