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Recent Examples of scrawl
Lauren Nicole Henley, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2026
Numerous Indian army camps thus dot these mountains, where slogans of guns and glory are scrawled on their walls.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 17 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
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Verb
Then, in January 1912, when the Broussards – another Black family – were murdered with an ax in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the local police found a Bible verse scrawled on their front door.
—Lauren Nicole Henley, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2026
Numerous Indian army camps thus dot these mountains, where slogans of guns and glory are scrawled on their walls.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 17 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrawl
Verb
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Another video shared on Instagram, presumably taken at an earlier point, shows the same bot rumbling along to deliver some food with the same graffiti scribbled on its exterior.—
Joe Wilkins Published Mar 19,
Futurism,
19 Mar. 2026
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By then, a New York Tribune reporter had arrived and was furiously scribbling into his notepad.—
Charlotte Brooks,
Big Think,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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And that was it for the night – four scoreless minutes after missing 13 games in a row, 11 because of a back injury and two as a healthy scratch.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2026
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Is Los Angeles open to discovering a new culture center that is being started up basically from scratch?—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Inside, one by one, the men picked up black markers to write their information on a white slate and waited to face the camera.—
Taran Khan,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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Bowman was known for his exemplary work as a songwriter, artist and musician in the bluegrass world, while also writing several country hits for artists including Chris Stapleton, Brooks & Dunn and Kenny Chesney.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Kenerson's after-school club is a local example of a nationwide trend — cursive handwriting is back in many classrooms across the country.—
Ava Berger,
NPR,
19 Mar. 2026
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Imagine having to read the handwriting of young people so used to typing on devices.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Scrawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrawl. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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