as in scribbling
to write or draw hastily or carelessly
scrawled a quick note, stuck it in their mailbox, and hurried off
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Recent Examples of scrawling
Chalamet invites his Instagram followers to meet him at Regal Times Square to watch the first 30 minutes of Marty Supreme by scrawling the message on his Instagram Story in orange.
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Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrawling
scribbling
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One story of the Desert Fathers recounts a sighting of a demon perched on the top of the monastery, busily scribbling down all the faults of the brothers within.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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Simon managed to keep scribbling on his yellow legal pad but his handwriting, illegible on a good day, quickly deteriorated into nothing more than chicken scratch.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Scrawling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrawling. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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