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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In 1990, Vanity Fair reported that Steven Spielberg was ordered to pay his ex-wife, the actress Amy Irving, a hundred million dollars after a judge voided their prenup, which had allegedly been scrawled on a scrap of paper.
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Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
The first blurry image shows a line scrawled on her chest.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
These were widely vandalized by haters who scrawled messages denouncing Friend as a surveillance device and blasting the rise of AI overall.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2025
The act of scrawling them upon the page is tangible and pleasing.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
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Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
The first blurry image shows a line scrawled on her chest.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
These were widely vandalized by haters who scrawled messages denouncing Friend as a surveillance device and blasting the rise of AI overall.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2025
The act of scrawling them upon the page is tangible and pleasing.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scrawl
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“Scrawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrawl. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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