handwrite
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of handwrite
First recorded in 1840–50; back formation from handwriting
Example Sentences
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At the center of the Venn diagram of people who love technology and love to handwrite everything, there’s ReMarkable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
“As a general rule, reading and writing go hand in hand, and the ability to actually handwrite is key in the development of young learners.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2024
In addition to requiring students in her intro courses to handwrite their code, the paper exams will count for a higher percentage of the grade this fall, she said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
Some questions even have you handwrite the answer in a box, which the app does a good job of recognizing and converting to typed text.
From The Verge ● Aug. 26, 2022
In high school I had been able to handwrite ten- and twenty-page papers in little more than an hour—and I never revised what I wrote.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
Does anyone think Mr. Canellos and Mrs. Tarr would draw a different conclusion about Justice Alito if teenage Sam’s handwriting had been atrocious?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The brand sold a few hundred of them and Olivia spent the next day handwriting the labels and sending off orders.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
The metal containers carried the inscription "South Africa 1900" and, in a copy of the Queen's handwriting, "I wish you a happy new year".
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
But the inept followers aside — and many of them are falling to the side — there are those who see the handwriting on the wall.
From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2026
His handwriting covers the card and the paper around it, incorporating it into solid text.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department released the handwritten notes Friday, saying investigators believe the author’s distinctive language, grammar and phrasing could be recognized by someone who knows the writer.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Bush visited both her parents, Margaret and John, in their own home and issued a handwritten receipt to her mother who paid him in cash.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Instead, he found handwritten signs taped to the restaurant’s door: “Rebuild it. This is our home. Don’t change a thing,” recounts Katerina.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Others held handwritten banners reading: "You made us proud, men."
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
He stares at the handwritten pages and feels worse than a coward.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Mozart’s sister, Maria Anna “Nannerl,” handwrote many of the genius composer’s compositions, and Playhouse head painter Johnny LeBlanc said the group worked to create an exact replica of her strokes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
For Christmas in 1995, he handwrote that poem and gave it to his father and two grandfathers along with a pair of black socks each.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
Research, for example, has found that students’ brains were more active when they handwrote information rather than typing it on a keyboard and when using a pen and paper versus a stylus and a tablet.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2025
The Queen, who championed the anniversary project to refresh the library, handwrote an introduction to the Modern-Day Miniature Library project.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2024
Underneath, he handwrote: “If done under your assurance that it is not traceable.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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