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Recent Examples of scrawled
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.
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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
These were widely vandalized by haters who scrawled messages denouncing Friend as a surveillance device and blasting the rise of AI overall.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2025
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.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 31 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
One might be casually scrawled on the back of an envelope, while another comes on formal letterhead.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
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
These were widely vandalized by haters who scrawled messages denouncing Friend as a surveillance device and blasting the rise of AI overall.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2025
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.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 31 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
One might be casually scrawled on the back of an envelope, while another comes on formal letterhead.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrawled
scribbled
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The drawings that filled Yorke and Donwood’s sketchbooks became some of the band’s most iconic insignia, tattooed on arms and scribbled on three-ring binders.—
Zoe Si,
New Yorker,
19 Dec. 2025
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The 68 photos released by the Oversight Committee Thursday also include several photo closeups of words scribbled on a back, foot, hip and a woman’s chest.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
18 Dec. 2025
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“Scrawled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrawled. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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