writes

VERB

put language down on paper

Synonyms

STRONGEST

address compose create draft note pen print record rewrite scrawl scribble sign tell

STRONG

author autograph chalk commit communicate copy correspond engross formulate ghost indite ink inscribe letter pencil reproduce scribe transcribe typewrite

WEAK

bang out comp dash off draw up drop a line drop a note jot down knock off knock out note down push a pencil put in writing scriven set down set forth take down turn out write down write up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

destroy ignore ruin

STRONG

keep stop

WEAK

read

Example Sentences

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writes

He writes about mountaineering as a spiritual practice, good for the mind and body alike, while questioning why some find that clarity only by staring death in the face.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

“I get the feeling that the experience remained with him, as a deep emotional scar,” Mr. Murakami writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

As Tara Weiss writes in her piece this week, there are some legal risks to this approach, but some parents feel that the safety benefits outweigh the potential liability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

As this technology accelerates its own evolution, the risk is that we struggle to keep pace and keep it under control, writes columnist Ben Cohen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

She even writes a poem imagining all the famous sites of Europe she hopes to see someday.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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