But others say he wrote this way because he was left-handed and writing backwards was easier and helped keep the ink from smearing.

VOA: special.2010.09.15

On the back of the left hand she made out the post horn tattooed in old ink now beginning to blur and spread.

她发现老人的左手背上,刻有着译车号的刺青,不过已经变得模糊。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

You are not thinking about the ink, the glue, the stitches and the paper, you are entering the author' s world, and the physical object just goes away.

你所想的并不是,书上的墨迹，胶水，装订线或是纸张，而是进入了作者的精神世界，一切物质的东西已经离你远去。

普林斯顿公开课 - 领导能力简介课程节选

This metal form is chemically treated before being covered with ink and then pressed onto paper.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

When printing begins, the stone is kept wet and then covered with oily ink.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

But the blank areas will reject the ink and will instead attract water.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

Reports from the first round of voting detailed a number of violent attacks by the Taliban, including rocket fire and the amputations of ink-stained fingers on voters' hands.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24