scribble
Example Sentences
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You had this rough scribble of a brick base with a curvy wave over the top of it.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 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 learned this the hard way while following along on my mat, occasionally leaning over to scribble notes — at one point, I caught the teacher’s eye.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
"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
He’d stop and scribble some numbers down on a small spiral notepad and then measure again, and say something like “Better safe than sorry.”
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
Vocabulary lists containing scribble
The Write Stuff: Scrib, Script
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: scrib, scribe
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Essential Word Roots: Graph, Gram, Scribe, and Script
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