Example Sentences

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He had been scrawling pictures as a hobby from childhood.

From Time Magazine Archive

T. A. Buck stared, open-mouthed, the paper on which he had been scrawling fluttering unnoticed to the floor.

From Roast Beef, Medium by Ferber, Edna

He had been scrawling meaningless curlycues on a piece of paper as Ed Meyers talked.

From Roast Beef, Medium by Ferber, Edna

"With the greatest pleasure!" said the duke, who had been scrawling on another ominous roll of vellum, and now passed it to the dwarf.

From The Midnight Queen by Fleming, May Agnes

The Patriarch, in his armchair, had been scrawling words upon the slate all evening—and she had been wiping them off!

From The Miracle Man by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)