scrawled; scrawling; scrawls
: to write or draw awkwardly, hastily, or carelessly
scrawled his name
: to write awkwardly or carelessly
Examples of scrawl in a Sentence
She scrawled her signature on the receipt.
scrawled a quick note, stuck it in their mailbox, and hurried off
Recent Examples on the Web
Filthy walls were scrawled with names, pleas and snatches of poetry.
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Declan Walsh Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 5 June 2024
The slogan — adopted by pro-Palestinian and humanitarian groups in recent months and scrawled on placards across university campuses — trended on social media after Sunday, when 45 people were killed and 200 people were injured by an Israeli strike, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
Archaeologists recently discovered a series of stick figures scrawled on the walls of Pompeii.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 29 May 2024
To determine the extent of the abuses, The Times combed through more than 50,000 handwritten complaints that had been scrawled into the Kandahar governor’s ledgers from 2011 through the end of the war in 2021.
—Matthieu Aikins Bryan Denton, New York Times, 22 May 2024
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Declan Walsh Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 5 June 2024
The slogan — adopted by pro-Palestinian and humanitarian groups in recent months and scrawled on placards across university campuses — trended on social media after Sunday, when 45 people were killed and 200 people were injured by an Israeli strike, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
Archaeologists recently discovered a series of stick figures scrawled on the walls of Pompeii.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 29 May 2024
To determine the extent of the abuses, The Times combed through more than 50,000 handwritten complaints that had been scrawled into the Kandahar governor’s ledgers from 2011 through the end of the war in 2021.
—Matthieu Aikins Bryan Denton, New York Times, 22 May 2024
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“Scrawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrawl. Accessed 11 Jun. 2024.
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