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Recent Examples of scrawled
For nine years, guests filed into the quintessential diner, ordering the egg sandwich specials scrawled on a chalkboard and griddled pancakes browned by the flat top, which followed a recipe from Mitchell's grandfather.
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Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Someone had scrawled the words marry me on the rusty derrick.
—Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
One of them was scrawled in orange lettering across a mirror.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
Apatow had with him a chaotic pile of notes—scrawled by hand, photocopied, clearly out of order, some upside down.
—Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Mester will slide down to his tiny kitchen at one end of the bar and cook you something from a chalkboard menu freshly scrawled each morning.
—The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
One might be casually scrawled on the back of an envelope, while another comes on formal letterhead.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
On the firearms and magazines used in the attack, the shooter scrawled the names of other mass killers, ranging from the Unabomber to the Columbine attackers to the Tree of Life synagogue shooter.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
Rolodex cards with famous names scrawled on them are a museum unto themselves.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Someone had scrawled the words marry me on the rusty derrick.
—Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
One of them was scrawled in orange lettering across a mirror.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
Apatow had with him a chaotic pile of notes—scrawled by hand, photocopied, clearly out of order, some upside down.
—Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Mester will slide down to his tiny kitchen at one end of the bar and cook you something from a chalkboard menu freshly scrawled each morning.
—The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
One might be casually scrawled on the back of an envelope, while another comes on formal letterhead.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
On the firearms and magazines used in the attack, the shooter scrawled the names of other mass killers, ranging from the Unabomber to the Columbine attackers to the Tree of Life synagogue shooter.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
Rolodex cards with famous names scrawled on them are a museum unto themselves.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrawled
scribbled
Verb
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Father denies abuse Dennis looked down and scribbled on a notepad throughout most of Wednesday’s testimony.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
30 Oct. 2025
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The man scribbled what looked to Qing Yuan like a chicken’s clawprint in the sand.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Scrawled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrawled. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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