scribble
Example Sentences
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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
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
Poppy was grasping the pencil in her fist and making a wild scribble.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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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