scribble
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Ava steps away for a moment, giving Deborah an opportunity to reach for her notebook to scribble a thought . . . then it happens.
From Salon • May 29, 2026
Around her, students scribble notes and sketch corrections into their drawings: Watch the creases as the model walks.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
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
"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
There are no ghosts crowded in here with me, making me scribble things on toilet paper and eat them or trying to steal the air out of my lungs.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
Vocabulary lists containing scribble
The Write Stuff: Scrib, Script
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Essential Word Roots: Graph, Gram, Scribe, and Script
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: scrib, scribe
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