Thesaurus results for SCRAWLED

scrawled

verb

past tense of scrawl

as in scribbled

to write or draw hastily or carelessly scrawled a quick note, stuck it in their mailbox, and hurried off

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Recent Examples of scrawled Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and xAI’s Elon Musk scrawled their names in erratic cursive. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 The show is arranged in eight parts and begins with a large white wall at the entrance with the title of the show scrawled in RM’s handwriting. — Christine Terrisse, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 Shelving units in the garage are tightly, but neatly, packed with containers of various items, from Nike sneakers to Cold War-era relics, labeled with a description or lot number scrawled in black marker. — Sarah Jackson valentina Duarte, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026 Building facades don't just look weathered and soot-stained, graffiti is scrawled on them and posters are peeling off them. — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 The cat had blood pouring from its mouth and was surrounded by arcane symbols scrawled on the walls, court documents show. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026 Pinned to their random assortment of hats were scrawled, handmade signs proclaiming liberty or death. — Sarah M.s. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 On the wall across the bar are autographs of former USMNT greats, scrawled inside a mighty shield. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 2 July 2026 There was little or no organization among them, and some were scrawled in barely decipherable handwriting. — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026

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The messages, scribbled on whatever scrap of paper a sender could find, often featured misspellings and shaky penmanship; many older residents of rural areas did not know how to read or write well, if at all.

— Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
At Dries Van Noten, Thomas de Kluyver scribbled inky liner into the hollows of eyes and just under the lash line.

— Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026

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