She returned with two stubby pencils, one of which she handed to me.

The older had ear-phones on and held a short stubby pencil in his hand.

She pulled a green order pad out of the hip pocket of her jeans and held a stubby pencil at the ready.

He used a stubby pencil to write information on a tiny pad.

He hurried to get a stubby pencil out, not very successfully hiding his surprise.

He picked up a piece of scrap wood from the floor and used a stubby pencil to scratch his name and number on it.

Julian was waiting for them, sober, performing complex finger gymnastics with a stubby pencil.

Snelling took out a stubby pencil to scribble on the dirty paper.

I asked, wishing I'd brought the stubby pencil and scrap of paper.

He took a little notebook and a stubby pencil from inside his jacket.