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Recent Examples of scrawled
In the nearly nine months since the shootings, her name has been scrawled on firearms used in other deadly attacks.
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Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Wojick still has the numbers scrawled on his whiteboard.
—Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
The department also alleges that Jewish professors were assaulted, and swastikas were scrawled on UCLA buildings.
—City News Service, Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
Protestors prominently displayed a large Mexican flag, along with an upside-down American flag sign with a peace sign scrawled across it in black paint.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 20 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
On the wrist straps are Street’s initials, scrawled in marker.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
There’s a novella of a wine list, with by-the-glass options obscurely scrawled on a mirror above the bar.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
Vandals recently scrawled graffiti inside Yosemite National Park near the popular Bridalveil Falls Trail.
—Outside, 27 Jan. 2026
Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Wojick still has the numbers scrawled on his whiteboard.
—Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
The department also alleges that Jewish professors were assaulted, and swastikas were scrawled on UCLA buildings.
—City News Service, Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
Protestors prominently displayed a large Mexican flag, along with an upside-down American flag sign with a peace sign scrawled across it in black paint.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 20 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
On the wrist straps are Street’s initials, scrawled in marker.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
There’s a novella of a wine list, with by-the-glass options obscurely scrawled on a mirror above the bar.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
Vandals recently scrawled graffiti inside Yosemite National Park near the popular Bridalveil Falls Trail.
—Outside, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrawled
scribbled
Verb
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Graduate students in tie-dye shirts worked under fume hoods; on the glass that protected them from chemicals, synthesis reactions were scribbled in black marker.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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School officials gathered and answered the questions scribbled on index cards.—
Jessica Ma,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Feb. 2026
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“Scrawled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrawled. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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