scrawl
Example Sentences
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In an early episode, protagonist Sophie finds a tip her missing sister scrawled on a container of Golden Pear body scrub that viewers can conveniently buy on the show’s microsite.
One bright red poster read “Bring Buffy Back!!” scrawled in black ink.
From Los Angeles Times
Irene stood on the landing outside the bathroom, shock scrawled across her face.
From Literature
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He looks down at the scrawling he’s made on the paper, synthesizing everything he’s written, as if expecting new information to leap out at him.
From Literature
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Victors went beyond checking off a list of hastily scrawled names to thanking entire categories of people: women, ancestors, Koreans, audiences.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.