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[skrib-uhl] / ˈskrɪb əl /


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Then, in April, the court said: Now that we have the full case before us, we’re going to summarily reverse the district court for the reasons set forth in our five-paragraph scribble from December.

From Slate Jul. 13, 2026

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

Based on a 2014 play by David Haig, who co-wrote its screenplay with its director, Anthony Maras, the movie faces an obvious challenge: Watching meteorologists scribble notations on charts isn’t particularly cinematic.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

Jacob Bethell can now add another bullet point to the notebook he uses to scribble down reminders before going out to bat.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2025

These words, too, faded away, but not before Harry had started to scribble back.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

We find her dictating instructions through that landline, in perfect French, to her atelier in Paris while making notebook scribbles under the covers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

Ultimately for me, this season’s scribbles ended up looking something like:

From Salon Sep. 9, 2025

When India head coach Gautam Gambhir scribbles down in his notepad what has gone wrong for them here then a poor showing under the floodlights will surely be top of the list.

From BBC Dec. 7, 2024

Sherman’s childhood algebra book from 1829, complete with scribbles, had been bid up to $1,500.

From New York Times May 14, 2024

The examiner clicks his stopwatch, scribbles on his clipboard, looks up.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Suddenly, she detoured to Target and declared “we’re combining,” and I dutifully rewrapped and scribbled a joint note for gifts that never felt quite right alone but together were perfect.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

I had scribbled a few questions in advance but felt no compulsion to stick to any script, preferring that our own character dynamics might determine the plot of our interview.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

I would send the work I thought was my best, and I knew he read them, because he’d often send them back with scribbled notes and comments.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

Parton later quietly organized for Bandit to be surpised with a custom acoustic guitar, bedazzled with rhinestones and the words "To Brigitte, Love Dolly" scribbled across it.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

Eddie leaned back against the beat-up seat and traced a name that had been scribbled on the vinyl in black marker.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

“We’re all scribbling notes, and after about an hour, we’d go, ‘I think we got enough here,’ and we’d go write songs about what she’d told us.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

They moved on to a client tender and she was scribbling notes.

From Slate Apr. 12, 2026

While on vacation in France, he started scribbling an idea for a spy novel.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

And earlier this month United defender Noussair Mazraoui was recorded comically scribbling half-hearted signatures on a set of shirts given to him by a hunter who approached him at his car window after training.

From BBC Mar. 23, 2026

He was there, sitting on the side of his bed, scribbling in his notepad.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds




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