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Recent Examples of scrawl
Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026 The department also alleges that Jewish professors were assaulted, and swastikas were scrawled on UCLA buildings. —City News Service, Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025 Who among us had a little pad on our nightstand, a stack of swollen notebooks beneath our bed, pages puffy with scrawl? —Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scrawl
Verb
Wojick still has the numbers scrawled on his whiteboard. —Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026 The department also alleges that Jewish professors were assaulted, and swastikas were scrawled on UCLA buildings. —City News Service, Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
There are notebooks covered in Paulsen’s thin scrawl and play drawings everywhere. —Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025 Who among us had a little pad on our nightstand, a stack of swollen notebooks beneath our bed, pages puffy with scrawl? —Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scrawl
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrawl
Verb
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As anachronisms constantly threaten to puncture the illusion, the cast stays wry, nimble and self-conscious in order to locate plot points and jokes that reinforce the golden-age radio setting, scribbling notes and introducing characters that propel them through ludicrous narrative arcs.— John Wenzel, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
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The bodies, along with that of his six-month pregnant daughter-in-law, arrived in wooden coffins on a bus from Lebanon, their names scribbled on the sides.— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Be sure to only use cleaning formulas designed for auto glass and microfiber cloths to prevent damage and scratches.— Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 25 Apr. 2026
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Propagation and growing seeds from scratch requires space.— Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 25 Apr. 2026
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The dramedy, which doesn’t have an English-language title yet, is written and directed by Szifron, whose 2014 film Wild Tales was Argentina’s contender and nominee for what was then known as the Oscar’s best foreign-language film section.— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026
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Jim Varsallone writes a high school sports column twice a week, featuring top performers in all varsity sports (boys and girls) in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.— Miami Herald Staff Reports, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
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Those who identify Elise as Malfatti contend that Nohl simply misread Beethoven’s handwriting of the name Therese.— Brian Duignan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Apr. 2026
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For very young children, gardening increases hand-eye coordination, which is linked to success in handwriting, math and reading.— Shelley Mitchell, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Scrawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/scrawl. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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