scrawled; scrawling; scrawls
: to write or draw awkwardly, hastily, or carelessly
scrawled his name
: to write awkwardly or carelessly
Examples of scrawl in a Sentence
She scrawled her signature on the receipt.
scrawled a quick note, stuck it in their mailbox, and hurried off
Recent Examples on the Web
The medical records scrawled on yellowed paper 100 years ago list Mark Noble as Patient No. 1.
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Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2024
Some of the stranded scrawled their names on tarps in hopes that images posted to social media would be seen by anxious relatives.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
Then the optometrist hurried out with a name, phone number, and address scrawled on a sheet of printer paper.
—Katie Gutierrez, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
The artist’s signature is scrawled in the top left corner.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2024
Some of the stranded scrawled their names on tarps in hopes that images posted to social media would be seen by anxious relatives.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
Then the optometrist hurried out with a name, phone number, and address scrawled on a sheet of printer paper.
—Katie Gutierrez, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
The artist’s signature is scrawled in the top left corner.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Scrawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrawl. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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