scribble

Example Sentences

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To entertain themselves, they used notebooks to scribble down funny or vivid things other people brought up in their treatment groups, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

Jacob Bethell can now add another bullet point to the notebook he uses to scribble down reminders before going out to bat.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025

“I miss my Africa very much and my mother too,” read a scribble in French on the wall nearby.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024

A black-lighted scribble on the wall in the show’s lobby spells it out: “Some of us are dead,” alluding to characters in the show that may live on only as memories or creative visions.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2024

The moment Rita Skeeter had spoken, the green quill had started to scribble, skidding across the parchment.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling