scrawl

Example Sentences

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In Barcelona, a black graffiti scrawl has appeared on a long gray wall: “Digital Nomads go home!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

The handwritten pink scrawl suggests a level of stress that is entirely understandable for the team putting on the biggest stadium tour of the year.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2025

On a night in mid-January, Isla Lester, a server at the Greek restaurant, took a few moments between customers to scrawl out the letters K-A-Y-L-E-E in orange marker on the side of a fresh candle.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2023

McBride said in a deposition that he learned that paramedics have been known for years to scrawl messages on patients who they are transporting, which he later told department officials.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2023

Overlooked for almost fifty years, that scrawl is like the key to a cipher, unlocking a hidden layer of Elizebeth’s inner life.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield