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
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Knock prepares for his master's arrival by scrawling magical, occult symbols all over his prison walls, while the city prays for mercy that never comes.
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Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Cut-out paper characters scrawl their names onto their body parts so that their parents might be able to identify them in the aftermath of a bombing.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2025
The walls of the mausoleum for late President Hafez al-Assad are scrawled with graffiti now — things that Syrians have long felt but could never say aloud during his family’s five-decade dictatorship.
—Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
She was known, on 2011’s Speak Now tour, to scrawl lyrics by Bruce and Neil and Joni, among others, on her arms in Sharpie every night.
—Jenn Pelly, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Cut-out paper characters scrawl their names onto their body parts so that their parents might be able to identify them in the aftermath of a bombing.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2025
The walls of the mausoleum for late President Hafez al-Assad are scrawled with graffiti now — things that Syrians have long felt but could never say aloud during his family’s five-decade dictatorship.
—Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
She was known, on 2011’s Speak Now tour, to scrawl lyrics by Bruce and Neil and Joni, among others, on her arms in Sharpie every night.
—Jenn Pelly, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Scrawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrawl. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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