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
Mester will slide down to his tiny kitchen at one end of the bar and cook you something from a chalkboard menu freshly scrawled each morning.
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The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
One might be casually scrawled on the back of an envelope, while another comes on formal letterhead.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
On the firearms and magazines used in the attack, the shooter scrawled the names of other mass killers, ranging from the Unabomber to the Columbine attackers to the Tree of Life synagogue shooter.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
The crushed garter snake is scrawled on the tarmac in an ampersand.
—Rosanna Warren, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2025
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The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
One might be casually scrawled on the back of an envelope, while another comes on formal letterhead.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
On the firearms and magazines used in the attack, the shooter scrawled the names of other mass killers, ranging from the Unabomber to the Columbine attackers to the Tree of Life synagogue shooter.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
The crushed garter snake is scrawled on the tarmac in an ampersand.
—Rosanna Warren, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scrawl
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“Scrawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrawl. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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