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Recent Examples of scrawl
Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2025
On a huge wall of tiles, many black faces are scrawled in a troubling grid.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 30 May 2025
In the living room her blankets made a body-nest on the sofa, layered with old tissues and legal pads scrawled with poems and open pens bleeding ink stains.
—Nicole Stanton, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
Graffiti is scrawled on the walls and the friendly staff — who shout their thanks every time a visitor leaves a tip — give the entire operation the feeling of a party.
—Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Verb
The title of the song was scrawled in black paint on the bags, with some markings deliberately misspelled.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2025
On a huge wall of tiles, many black faces are scrawled in a troubling grid.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 30 May 2025
In the living room her blankets made a body-nest on the sofa, layered with old tissues and legal pads scrawled with poems and open pens bleeding ink stains.
—Nicole Stanton, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
Graffiti is scrawled on the walls and the friendly staff — who shout their thanks every time a visitor leaves a tip — give the entire operation the feeling of a party.
—Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrawl
Verb
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The principal bedroom suite comes with its own dressing room, bathroom, and study—separated just enough to imagine lyrics or verses being scribbled in quiet moments.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
27 June 2025
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Controllers arrange the flight strips on a board, scribbling notes and moving them around to help choreograph the complicated ballet of planes in the sky.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
Noun
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The ability to generate ideas from scratch, to truly go from nothing to something, is a skill.—
Christian Hyatt,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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But then they are just met with crying meows and scratches at the door.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
Verb
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The 6-3 decision, written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, could dramatically reshape how citizenship is granted in the United States.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
27 June 2025
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His injuries left him unable to work, leading to financial woes that were exacerbated by extensive hospital bills for medical care, diagnostic tests and therapy, Moore wrote.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2025
Noun
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The class broke down into groups, each focusing on a different aspect of White’s story: For instance, one group attempted a handwriting analysis, while another searched for records of White during his enslavement in Maryland.—
Ellen Wexler,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 June 2025
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In other words, the historical record seems as illegible as my own prehistoric handwriting.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 June 2025
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“Scrawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrawl. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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