scrawled

Example Sentences

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Looking at his police file, I can hardly read the signature over his statement; his name is illegible, scrawled and messy, like that of a boy.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

“The customer was just providing details when her husband came forward and grabbed the mobile phone started argument and cut the call,” a worker had scrawled in looped letters on a preprinted form.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Four years earlier, he scrawled a crude joke about the dean in the men's toilet; he has failed every exam since.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Trump gifted him a framed portrait of the two men shaking hands, scrawled with the words: “I love Colombia.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Nat scrawled a quick note to Polly and sent it to a ship that was weighing anchor for home.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham