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Recent Examples of scrawled
Vandals recently scrawled graffiti inside Yosemite National Park near the popular Bridalveil Falls Trail.
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Outside, 27 Jan. 2026
The bomber was carrying a toy gun with neo-Nazi references written all over it, including the words For Agartha scrawled across the barrel, according to investigators.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
The cat had blood pouring from its mouth and was surrounded by arcane symbols scrawled on the walls.
—Emma Seiwell, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
The cat had blood pouring from its mouth and was surrounded by arcane symbols scrawled on the walls.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2026
Mayor Armin Mizani posted a photo on X of what appears to be a commercial sign with the indecent declaration scrawled in all caps.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2026
Ancient petroglyphs of human figures and cryptic symbols thought to have been scrawled by the Taino, the islands’ pre-Columbian inhabitants, appeared under our flashlight beams.
—Henry Wismayer, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
In 1990, Vanity Fair reported that Steven Spielberg was ordered to pay his ex-wife, the actress Amy Irving, a hundred million dollars after a judge voided their prenup, which had allegedly been scrawled on a scrap of paper.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
The first blurry image shows a line scrawled on her chest.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Outside, 27 Jan. 2026
The bomber was carrying a toy gun with neo-Nazi references written all over it, including the words For Agartha scrawled across the barrel, according to investigators.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
The cat had blood pouring from its mouth and was surrounded by arcane symbols scrawled on the walls.
—Emma Seiwell, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
The cat had blood pouring from its mouth and was surrounded by arcane symbols scrawled on the walls.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2026
Mayor Armin Mizani posted a photo on X of what appears to be a commercial sign with the indecent declaration scrawled in all caps.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2026
Ancient petroglyphs of human figures and cryptic symbols thought to have been scrawled by the Taino, the islands’ pre-Columbian inhabitants, appeared under our flashlight beams.
—Henry Wismayer, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
In 1990, Vanity Fair reported that Steven Spielberg was ordered to pay his ex-wife, the actress Amy Irving, a hundred million dollars after a judge voided their prenup, which had allegedly been scrawled on a scrap of paper.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
The first blurry image shows a line scrawled on her chest.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrawled
scribbled
Verb
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In those brownstones, the icons scribbled about notepads and surrendered those eternal drafts to thin paper zines.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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At these delightfully divey watering holes, every visible surface is covered in dollars scribbled with the initials, anniversaries, hometowns, inside jokes, dates, or names of anyone who has darkened the doors of that particular bar over the past fifty years—or maybe just the past week.—
Skye Sherman,
Southern Living,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Scrawled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrawled. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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