How to Use handwriting in a Sentence

handwriting

noun
  • Her handwriting is nearly impossible to read.
  • The handwriting has been on the wall for a very long time.
    Carol Cain, Detroit Free Press, 28 May 2022
  • Hunter Renfroe has been around long enough to be able to read the handwriting on the wall.
    Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 24 Nov. 2022
  • And at the very top of the plate is the Drake equation, rendered in Dad’s handwriting.
    Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2024
  • The golfer and his mother were able to help Mark write the words out in his own handwriting.
    Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The handwriting was small, and the list covered at least three full pages.
    Devin Gordon, New York Times, 6 June 2019
  • Durst couldn’t tell the handwriting in the two letters apart.
    Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2021
  • The very first logo on the can was my cousin’s handwriting.
    Megan Ditrolio, Marie Claire, 23 Jan. 2020
  • But Frank was more the scratchy handwriting type, prone to splotch—not one to weep, let alone for long.
    Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • At the top of the note, McRae apologizes for his handwriting.
    Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The poster also sees some of his handwriting of Face‘s lyrics featured on the record.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The handwriting was being written on the wall that many years ago.
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 21 May 2022
  • Booker inked the words in Bryant’s handwriting on the inside of his arm.
    Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2021
  • Clara Bryant Ford’s recipe for date bars This recipe was found in Clara’s handwriting.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The debate around the importance of handwriting was put to rest a while back.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 18 June 2024
  • David Bills wrote a short letter to his wife Nov. 15, his handwriting a messy scrawl.
    Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Sep. 2021
  • White’s handwriting was faint and cramped, but on the back of the form Kitchen had rewritten some of his answers in cursive.
    The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Looking for a fun way to help kids flex their handwriting skills?
    Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2020
  • In scratchy handwriting that was hard to make out, the document said that the parents’ first names were Miguel and María.
    Nicholas Casey, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The package came in the mail with my name and address written in my mom’s round, curly handwriting.
    Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The handwriting was Helena’s, but the ideas were mostly Mark’s and mine.
    Lara Vapnyar, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The caveat, of course: If your handwriting isn’t fairly legible, the apps won’t work well.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 12 May 2022
  • Claver-Carone refused to submit a handwriting sample as part of the probe, the report said.
    Joshua Goodman, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Sep. 2022
  • On the plaque, above a picture of the crew in their spacesuits, is an inscription in Chawla’s handwriting.
    Dallas News, 1 Feb. 2023
  • First Zugay saw a tweet from one of Peck's daughters, alerting her to the handwriting match.
    Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 2 May 2022
  • The sight of that distinctive handwriting on a note left on a night table.
    Bob Greene, WSJ, 18 Apr. 2021
  • There, on the street, in handwriting that didn’t belong to her, was her name written again and again: Allie.
    Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2021
  • Start by filling between a half and a whole page with fresh handwriting.
    Sandra Gutierrez G., Popular Science, 31 May 2023
  • The handwriting, however, is not Mozart’s, suggesting that the manuscript is a copy of the original composition.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
  • There’s a Dogman-esque appeal here, too, with each page of the letter displayed with Bandit’s original handwriting and illustrations so that the kids can laugh as Nana tries to decipher his confusing writing.
    Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024

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