cursive

Example Sentences

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Some of the detectives’ notes had been written in cursive, which she helped translate for her younger teammates.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Her legal team argued that the way Cathay Home has styled the word "Swift" in its branding closely resembled the singer's trademarked cursive signature.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

“That’s part of the fun,” Van Hulsen says as she brings over a sterling silver ice cream scoop engraved with “There’s nothing wrong with me that ice cream can’t fix” in barely perceptible cursive.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

This feels important enough to warrant a metaphor, yet too complicated to be summed up by any single letter—even a cursive capital G, if those still exist.

From Barron's • Dec. 4, 2025

She unfolds it to reveal a child’s careful cursive in faint pencil, practicing the same sentence over and over again: Upright and do right make all right.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline