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Recent Examples of scrawled
Rolodex cards with famous names scrawled on them are a museum unto themselves.
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Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Ahead of the deadly attack at a Minneapolis church, the shooter scrawled the names of previous mass shooters on their firearms.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Pages later, Westman scrawled a diagram of the inside of the church – with pews, windows and aisles clearly marked – before stabbing the drawing on camera with a knife.
—Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Imamura sat back and watched as Hokazono scrawled a series of character names and plot beats in rapid succession.
—Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
After her death, tasks like cleaning out Mom’s closet and going through boxes of her professional documents, scrawled with her familiar doodles, went on for years.
—Jessica Alexander, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2025
Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Ahead of the deadly attack at a Minneapolis church, the shooter scrawled the names of previous mass shooters on their firearms.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Pages later, Westman scrawled a diagram of the inside of the church – with pews, windows and aisles clearly marked – before stabbing the drawing on camera with a knife.
—Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Imamura sat back and watched as Hokazono scrawled a series of character names and plot beats in rapid succession.
—Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
After her death, tasks like cleaning out Mom’s closet and going through boxes of her professional documents, scrawled with her familiar doodles, went on for years.
—Jessica Alexander, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrawled
scribbled
Verb
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The 'why wall' In a room at Fort Jackson next to the paved outdoor area where trainees strain through sweaty workouts, one wall is covered in scribbled-on sticky notes.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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Editors scribbled notes in Moleskines while assistants timed each exit.—
Karissa Mitchell,
Essence,
17 Aug. 2025
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“Scrawled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrawled. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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