Used in a Sentence

crayons

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for crayons.

Editorial note

If that material were colored with crayons or paint or threads would not change the behavior of the machine or the effect.

Examples14
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of crayons gathered in one view.

noun

A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.

noun

A colored pencil, a colouring pencil

noun

(dated) A crayon drawing, or a drawing with colored lines.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for crayons.

noun

A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.

noun

A colored pencil, a colouring pencil

noun

(dated) A crayon drawing, or a drawing with colored lines.

noun

(dated) A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light.

Example sentences

1

If that material were colored with crayons or paint or threads would not change the behavior of the machine or the effect.

2

I would say there's a degree of distinction between paint-by-numbers, versus coloring with magic markers or crayons.

3

Too much of color (It felt like the interface was done with crayons).

4

You physically can't put a crayons under the hat on the fly.

5

They come with popups and slip outs and buzzers and colouring crayons!

6

It's like teaching color theory before playing around with crayons first.

7

Instead they should spend their life drawing on paper with crayons?

8

Do they tag them with crayons like street parking spaces?

9

But in between, people, you know, when you're two or three, you start using crayons, you start using tools.

10

Use washable crayons (as sold for small children).

11

I did find that they define loitering as being in an area for longer than 15 minutes other than defined study desks, so no need for crayons or tagging.

12

If they write their code on used kleenex using wax crayons and share that using carrier pigeons, I don't give a sh't as long as the finished product is fine.

Quote examples

1

This reminds me of a book a friend of mine wrote years ago called, "Mr Bunny's Guide to ActiveX" which I believe originally came with crayons, or at least that was his intention.

2

It's never "David's Moon Lander." It's always something more like "David's Super Awesome Cat Launching Space Lander With Flame Throwers." It's like watching kids draw anything they want with crayons: they get to theme and tweak games however they see fit.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use crayons in a sentence?

If that material were colored with crayons or paint or threads would not change the behavior of the machine or the effect.

What does crayons mean?

A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.

What part of speech is crayons?

crayons is commonly used as noun.