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“Pend” or “Penned”

pend / penned are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

pend

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

penned p·EH·n·d

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“pend”

  • Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (POVA)

“penned”

  • Ramanathan and the lyrics were penned by Papanasam Sivan and K.
  • Beginning of My End," all penned by Draper.
  • lurid Victorian melodramas she has penned so far.
  • performed with an English libretto penned by Previn's then wife Dory
  • In November 2017, Moisio penned a short-term deal with UK
  • the period when Konrád primarily penned those essays and diary entries
  • In 1913-14, he privately penned Maurice, a bildungsroman that follows
  • Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal, who penned the screenplay and original source
  • Shinichi Ohoka from a script penned by co-producer Hisao Ichikura, the
  • Also found penned outside the walls here were

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