scrawled; scrawling; scrawls
: to write or draw awkwardly, hastily, or carelessly
scrawled his name
: to write awkwardly or carelessly
Examples of scrawl in a Sentence
She scrawled her signature on the receipt.
scrawled a quick note, stuck it in their mailbox, and hurried off
Recent Examples on the Web
Someone had scrawled the words marry me on the rusty derrick.
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Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
Chalamet invites his Instagram followers to meet him at Regal Times Square to watch the first 30 minutes of Marty Supreme by scrawling the message on his Instagram Story in orange.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
One of them was scrawled in orange lettering across a mirror.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
Apatow had with him a chaotic pile of notes—scrawled by hand, photocopied, clearly out of order, some upside down.
—Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
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Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
Chalamet invites his Instagram followers to meet him at Regal Times Square to watch the first 30 minutes of Marty Supreme by scrawling the message on his Instagram Story in orange.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
One of them was scrawled in orange lettering across a mirror.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
Apatow had with him a chaotic pile of notes—scrawled by hand, photocopied, clearly out of order, some upside down.
—Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scrawl
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“Scrawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrawl. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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