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
The nicknames are scrawled on a whiteboard in the trailer office.
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Israeli soldiers scrawled writing on the walls of the hospital rooms.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
Her images capture the rising smoke of artillery fire and bolts of lights descending from air bombs during war games, barracks scrawled in faux Arabic to mimic scenes in the field, and young soldiers role-playing — some American heroes, others enemy insurgents.
—Dan Q. Dao, CNN, 29 Feb. 2024
Pro-Hamas slogans are scrawled on Jewish institutions.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Feb. 2024
Five mothers, whose contact information Gaza health workers had tracked down and scrawled on a list, accompanied their babies to Egypt, according to Osama el-Nems, a nurse from Gaza who arrived with them and remained here for nearly two months.
—Heba Farouk Mahfouz, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
Who wants to see those sinister scrawls creep into their neighborhoods?
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
For every oversized t-shirt Westwood sent down the runway scrawled in Sharpie pen, there were 10 truly transcendent looks banked in her arsenal.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
The walls of the apartment, on a winding street in the Renaissance quarter of Rome, are decorated with contemporary works by Jannis Kounellis, a Greek artist who scrawled words over his lithographs, and Sidival Fila, a Franciscan friar who paints canvases of sewn fabrics.
—Jason Horowitz, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2024
Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Israeli soldiers scrawled writing on the walls of the hospital rooms.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
Her images capture the rising smoke of artillery fire and bolts of lights descending from air bombs during war games, barracks scrawled in faux Arabic to mimic scenes in the field, and young soldiers role-playing — some American heroes, others enemy insurgents.
—Dan Q. Dao, CNN, 29 Feb. 2024
Pro-Hamas slogans are scrawled on Jewish institutions.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Feb. 2024
Five mothers, whose contact information Gaza health workers had tracked down and scrawled on a list, accompanied their babies to Egypt, according to Osama el-Nems, a nurse from Gaza who arrived with them and remained here for nearly two months.
—Heba Farouk Mahfouz, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
Who wants to see those sinister scrawls creep into their neighborhoods?
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
For every oversized t-shirt Westwood sent down the runway scrawled in Sharpie pen, there were 10 truly transcendent looks banked in her arsenal.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
The walls of the apartment, on a winding street in the Renaissance quarter of Rome, are decorated with contemporary works by Jannis Kounellis, a Greek artist who scrawled words over his lithographs, and Sidival Fila, a Franciscan friar who paints canvases of sewn fabrics.
—Jason Horowitz, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2024
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“Scrawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrawl. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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