scrawl
Example Sentences
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Four years earlier, he scrawled a crude joke about the dean in the men's toilet; he has failed every exam since.
From BBC
On the wrist straps are Street’s initials, scrawled in marker.
From Los Angeles Times
Travis largely keeps his own counsel except when he scrawls in his journal, excerpts from which Mr. De Niro reads in voiceover.
The other wall had a giant rainbow-colored papier-mâché hand, its pointer finger sticking straight out and beneath it the words You Belong scrawled in loopy neon letters.
From Literature
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On a notebook with “BE BEST” letterhead, Melania scrawls, “No phones.”
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.