scribble

Example Sentences

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You had this rough scribble of a brick base with a curvy wave over the top of it.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

He usually writes the movies he directs; this time around, he didn’t have to scribble a single word.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

"I scribble and sketch, but shift quickly to the computer. I thought I'd write the whole manuscript longhand - by the third paragraph I gave up."

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

I could read, take walks, scribble off letters or, best of all, do nothing at all.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2025

There was a cross, a dark scribble, an eye, a mouth, a window.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech