scrawl
verb (used with object)
to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner.
had scrawled
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past perfectof scrawl.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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“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
It was clearly from someone she knew, although she had no idea it was her friend Yevgeny Merkis who had scrawled the message on the off chance she might see it.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025
Customers had scrawled various messages of love and pleas including “Come to Brasil.”
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2024
The parents were presented with a disturbing drawing their son had scrawled on an assignment.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
Anya flipped the book open past the first page, where Ivan had scrawled his “insurance” the day before.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
