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Recent Examples of scrawled
The paper was scrawled with phone numbers of politicians to call and driving distances to dialysis centers in the region.
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Arielle Zionts, NPR, 15 Apr. 2026
The post stitched together photos of Bible scripture, Paul crying, pain relief patches and personal notes scrawled through notebooks.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
The last two generations came of age in a world where digital birthday cards are standard, signatures are scrawled awkwardly using a finger and to-do shopping lists no longer offer the satisfying opportunity to scratch out item after item.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
In the nearly nine months since the shootings, her name has been scrawled on firearms used in other deadly attacks.
—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
Then, in January 1912, when the Broussards – another Black family – were murdered with an ax in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the local police found a Bible verse scrawled on their front door.
—Lauren Nicole Henley, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2026
Arielle Zionts, NPR, 15 Apr. 2026
The post stitched together photos of Bible scripture, Paul crying, pain relief patches and personal notes scrawled through notebooks.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
The last two generations came of age in a world where digital birthday cards are standard, signatures are scrawled awkwardly using a finger and to-do shopping lists no longer offer the satisfying opportunity to scratch out item after item.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
In the nearly nine months since the shootings, her name has been scrawled on firearms used in other deadly attacks.
—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
Then, in January 1912, when the Broussards – another Black family – were murdered with an ax in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the local police found a Bible verse scrawled on their front door.
—Lauren Nicole Henley, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrawled
scribbled
Verb
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The bodies, along with that of his six-month pregnant daughter-in-law, arrived in wooden coffins on a bus from Lebanon, their names scribbled on the sides.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Another video shared on Instagram, presumably taken at an earlier point, shows the same bot rumbling along to deliver some food with the same graffiti scribbled on its exterior.—
Joe Wilkins Published Mar 19,
Futurism,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Scrawled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrawled. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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