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
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After her death, tasks like cleaning out Mom’s closet and going through boxes of her professional documents, scrawled with her familiar doodles, went on for years.
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Jessica Alexander, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2025
McKee was among the researchers whose names Tamura had scrawled in his note.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 30 July 2025
On it, scrawled terminology and diagrams of plays mark the signature of an offensive wizard in his comfort zone.
—Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 20 June 2025
The trailer for the film, out July 18, begins with a wedding toast before Cline’s character opens a greeting card scrawled with the film’s titular threat.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
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Jessica Alexander, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2025
McKee was among the researchers whose names Tamura had scrawled in his note.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 30 July 2025
On it, scrawled terminology and diagrams of plays mark the signature of an offensive wizard in his comfort zone.
—Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 20 June 2025
The trailer for the film, out July 18, begins with a wedding toast before Cline’s character opens a greeting card scrawled with the film’s titular threat.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 17 June 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 20 Aug. 2025.
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