Assertion: pencil | /r/HasProperty | sharpened
Facets:
value: with knives
type: OTHER
value: with a knife
type: MANNER
value: with sand paper
type: OTHER
value: every couple of minutes
type: TEMPORAL
value: many, many times
type: TEMPORAL
value: to a fine point
type: OTHER
value: with a traditional pencil sharpener
type: OTHER
value: generally
type: DEGREE
value: with tools
type: OTHER
value: traditionally
type: OTHER
value: by whittling it
type: MANNER
value: for use
type: PURPOSE
value: in the more conservative manner
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: One effect of this was that "during World War II rotary pencil sharpeners were outlawed in Britain because they wasted so much scarce lead and wood, and pencils had to be sharpened in the more conservative manner – with knives.
text: On the table in the window were several shreds from a pencil which had been sharpened.
text: And voila, the pencils are then ready to be sharpened and used!
text: Because the medium is encased inside of a pencil that can be sharpened, the artist can create detailed and delicate marks that may be difficult to achieve with a brush.
text: Pencils, on the other hand, need to be sharpened for use.
text: Before the development of dedicated pencil sharpeners, a pencil was sharpened by whittling it with a knife.
text: Advanced models have a spring-driven holder for the pencil, so that the pencil automatically is pushed into the mechanism while being sharpened.
text: These pencils were traditionally sharpened with tools conveniently to hand, such as a plane or sandpaper.
text: These pencils are generally sharpened with a knife instead of a traditional pencil sharpener.
text: F” can also be used to indicate that the pencil is able to be sharpened to a fine point.
text: Pencils also need to be sharpened—they don’t just show up ready to do our bidding the way pens do.
text: A pencil can be sharpened many, many times, and you too can reshape and refocus when you have to move forward again and again.
text: but they wear out very quickly, and need to be sharpened every couple of minutes.
text: Are your pencils sharpened?
text: Before pencil sharpeners appeared, pencils were sharpened with small knives or with sand paper.
text: Some pencils (like carpenter’s pencil) were sharpened with a knife even after that because they are flat and cannot be sharpened with a rotating motion.