Noun : The pen is mightier than the sword. ,He writes with a witty, incisive pen. ,I leave this story to abler pens. ,a master of the pen.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : to pen an essay. ,to pen a sketch.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : We have a pen of twenty sheep. ,We have built several pens to hold our harvest of corn.    From Dictionary.com. 

All told, they were more than justified in penning them up the way they did.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Gaza in Context] Reference

Lehane has been sought to adapt his previous books for the screen, but this is the first adaptation that he was interested in penning himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bestselling author Dennis Lehane Becomes a Screenwriter | /Film] Reference

To me this reads as an excellent beginners quick exercise in penning a story about an every-day event current in the life of the writer or someone else close.    From Wordnik.com.  [AWAY FROM HOME • by Ryan P. Standley] Reference

The first story Jessica can recall penning was actually written with a no. 2 pencil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Buzzine » Jessica Rae] Reference

I begged them to put their stories down in writing as they both blushed over the idea of penning their experiences.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kathryn Budig: When In Doubt -- Breathe] Reference

For now, though, he is captivated by the idea of penning what he considers the 10 greatest corporate hoaxes of all time.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference

I toyed with the idea of penning a poem for her, but couldn't think of enough words to rhyme with 'mam' (having already used ham, jam and Spam).    From Wordnik.com.  [Evening Mail news round-up] Reference

It's called penning and it involves sending packs of domestic dogs into a fenced-off enclosure to chase to exhaustion and often tear apart a captive coyote or fox.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

The federal government allows practices that animal activists find unacceptable, such as penning puppies in wire-mesh kennels for weeks.    From Wordnik.com.  [States Nip at Dog Breeders] Reference

Commission (FWC) to abolish "penning" at the upcoming hearing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

As I set about penning a rambling thought, then, and.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference

Nobody is arguing that penning animals up is unnatural, but this is actually actually a good thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wired Top Stories] Reference

After penning the last words he paused, repeating them, vainly trying to recall when or where he had heard them.    From Wordnik.com.  [At the Time Appointed] Reference

MONDELLO: Writer/director Bryan Barber is better at picturing this sort of thing than at penning dialogue for it.    From Wordnik.com.  [OutKast Goes Old School in 'Idlewild'] Reference

In the meantime the Syracusans closed the mouth of their harbour with a strong boom, penning up the Athenian fleet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Authors of Greece] Reference

WANG: 50 Cent was everywhere, penning an autobiography, starring in a major motion picture, hawking his vitamin water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Has Hip Hop Lost Touch with Reality?] Reference

I am hoping that it may help and I am penning the last strokes to record my sincere desire that it may in no way hinder.    From Wordnik.com.  [Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study] Reference

He and bandmate Kenny (Babyface) Edmonds later became a successful songwriting team, penning R&B hits (33 No. 1 singles).    From Wordnik.com.  [DEF JAM'S NEW TUNE] Reference

Last night on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Kimmel addressed recent rumors that Justin Bieber was penning a memoir at the young age of 16.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Justin Bieber Movie Gets A Dramatic Trailer (VIDEO)] Reference

Inspired by the books her mother May read to her, Katie started off penning poems, but eventually her thoughts grew into stories.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jane Devin: Young Chicagonistas: Aspiring Writers Take to the Web and the Stage] Reference

Encouraged by its success, activists are now penning new high-school history textbooks that they hope will replace the current ones.    From Wordnik.com.  [A New Kind of Pride] Reference

After the king's death, the monarch's long-haired supporters took to hanging out in bars, penning bawdy ditties deriding their enemies.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Bawdy Milton Poem, Or 17th Century Fraud?] Reference

But for his sympathy and support the Boers would have made less haste in the penning of their Ultimatum, and war might still have slept.    From Wordnik.com.  [With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back] Reference

In the letter, Morrison, 53, declared he was not penning a suicide note — and then mentioned suicide several times, according to Wegener.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clues, But No Answers] Reference

You have to give it up to Roy for penning the song, but we have a Lou Reed/Cowboy Junkies situation on our hands: innovator trumps originator.    From Wordnik.com.  [Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Seu Jorge, Salsa and Ghanian Afrobeat] Reference

Among his extraordinary accomplishments: penning the Declaration of Independence, serving two terms as president and founding the University of Virginia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travel, All-American Vacations] Reference

Andy Bull and John Ashdown will be on the site with over-by-over coverage and Messrs Marks, Hopps and Weaver will be in Kennington penning pieces later on.    From Wordnik.com.  [County cricket - live!] Reference

This blurring line between the writing and disseminating of online news has media critics chattering on the Internet and penning articles in journalism reviews.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Walk On The Wired Side] Reference

This could change after a report by The Wrap that the Australian musician is penning a forthcoming remake of The Crow, the cult comic-book adaptation from 1994.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nick Cave penning remake of The Crow] Reference

Earlier this week, thirty-five Tea Party groups took a strong stand against net neutrality, penning a letter to the FCC urging it not to support the Internet policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Protesters At Google Headquarters Blast 'Evil' Pact With Verizon] Reference

"I visualized the melody of 'Poisoning Our Waters' in my dreams and woke up the next morning penning the lyrics and brought it to my son to produce it," Gaynielle said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Georgianne Nienaber: Facing the Oil: Women of the Louisiana Delta Nourish Hearts and Souls] Reference

The gratification that comes with penning angry missives at a now absent and now ex-lover is a silly game one plays with oneself in the domain of impossible hypotheticals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Excerpt from Crackle] Reference