writes

VERB

put language down on paper

Synonyms

STRONGEST

address compose create draft note pen print record rewrite scrawl scribble sign tell

STRONG

author autograph chalk commit communicate copy correspond engross formulate ghost indite ink inscribe letter pencil reproduce scribe transcribe typewrite

WEAK

bang out comp dash off draw up drop a line drop a note jot down knock off knock out note down push a pencil put in writing scriven set down set forth take down turn out write down write up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

destroy ignore ruin

STRONG

keep stop

WEAK

read

Example Sentences

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writes

“When it comes to religion in America,” Ms. Wilensky-Lanford writes, “we need more stories, not fewer.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

“If your car is damaged, your credit-card company will cover the costs,” he writes on his website.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

“They suffered and they did their duty,” Sledge writes, “so a sheltered homeland can enjoy the peace that was purchased at such high cost.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Kuhn, Schiller writes, understood “the tension between the social so-called nothingness of old age and its vibrant realities.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

“You will perhaps be deterred by the rising of your stomach,” he writes.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day