How to Use scribe in a Sentence

scribe

noun
  • There was no such thing as a scribe badge, for writing, as there is now.
    Sigrid Nunez, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • If this were true, Lentz says the dead could have been a scribe or someone else of importance.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2022
  • For now, the new A.I. in health care is going to be less a genius partner than a tireless scribe.
    Steve Lohr, New York Times, 26 June 2023
  • Smart move on their part since hampton has been one of the most important hip-hop scribes for more than 30 years.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Thousands of unionized scribes say they are not paid fairly in the streaming era.
    Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News, 9 May 2023
  • At this halfway point, the study shows, a second scribe took over writing duties.
    Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2021
  • There are, in this city, beliefs and weird practices which were old when the earliest scribe began to write on rock.
    Robert Shackleton, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
  • The scribe, who preferred not to be named, also took time to delve back into an old miniature wargame hobby.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Some senders would dictate their letters to a scribe and rely on others to read letters aloud.
    Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Ray was on his way to getting fired as Twins manager, an event that came with the scribe's full endorsement.
    Star Tribune, 5 May 2021
  • For such feats he was anointed by Rabbi Schneerson with the title of chozer, or oral scribe.
    New York Times, 26 July 2021
  • The scribe would etch letters that would gradually darken as oxygen works on the iron.
    Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 3 July 2020
  • Kaplan and Springer are neophyte scribes known for their comedy scripts.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Come May 1, film and TV scribes could put their pens down indefinitely.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Ross Powell acted as a scribe and filled out intake forms, documented the shots and results of heart worm tests.
    Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 5 Jan. 2021
  • Why would a modern-day bestselling author write the first draft of her new book on pen and paper like a Victorian scribe?
    Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 22 Mar. 2021
  • That’s a combustible combination that could result in scribes forming picket lines for the first time in 15 years.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • And like Hollywood scribes, actors want to make sure the studios won’t utilize AI to replace their labor.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
  • Historians say a scribe wrote out the text on roughly 400 sheets of parchment in the late ninth or early tenth century.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Talent and literary agency Verve, which reps many scribes, cut about 60 percent of its assistants and 3 agents in late May.
    Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2023
  • As time went on, and ancient Egypt transitioned between kingdoms, scribes began writing portions of the Book of the Dead on papyrus scrolls.
    Mac Stone, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Unleash your creative side and let the scribe inside pour it all onto the page in one of these classic Moleskin notebooks, on sale now for up to 35% off for a limited time.
    Shayna Murphy, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Conversely, no scribe or screen performer is worried about some tech bro in fancy ski goggles coming to steal their job.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Provisions in the contract also stipulate that script scribes can use AI for themselves.
    WIRED, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The comedian brought some pies from Spumoni Gardens (video below) to delighted scribes on the picket line in Brooklyn.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2023
  • This year’s class of 25 Fellows includes a historian, an anti-racist author, and a hip-hop scribe, among others.
    Kevin L. Clark, Essence, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Everyone but your trusty scribe had taken the time to go to the Houston Space Center or the aquarium, but with championship football to be played my plate was going to be full.
    Wally Hall, Arkansas Online, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Her knowledge of history, her knowledge of being raised as a scribe, her knowledge of everything that’s been poured into her.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Despite its ascetic appearance, the short scribe was one of the most powerful demonstrations of Black love in journalism.
    Essence, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Next, trying to chat up Chicago manager Herman Franks around the batting cage, all the scribe gets from genial Herm is surly grunts and tobacco splatters on his sneaks.
    Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 May 2023

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