handwrite
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of handwrite
First recorded in 1840–50; back formation from handwriting
Example Sentences
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If my daughter had children and refused to let me see them, I’d handwrite a letter to each grandchild every birthday and/or holiday.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
And I like to handwrite stuff, especially for that kind of thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
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
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
BRQ: My handwriting changes depending on how I feel, and the things that I say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
A 2009 report by the National Academy of Sciences examining the state of forensic sciences found, “The scientific basis for handwriting comparisons needs to be strengthened.”
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 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
Ms. Allen traces pen names, decodes handwriting and deciphers marginalia in Richmond’s correspondence and books.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
I flip over the waterfall picture and squint at her smudged handwriting.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
On the back was a handwritten letter to Mark and Rita.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The insider further revealed that the lovers spent 20 minutes exchanging their handwritten vows, and that they handed out custom handkerchiefs, embroidered with a “TT” and lyrics from Swift’s 2014 song “Blank Space.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
He scattered them, hid them, kept handwritten or typed versions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
As they craft, artisans chant aloud the design code handwritten on a strip of paper known as talim -- shorthand of ancient symbols for numbers and colours -- knotting the threads string by string.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
There’s the Thinking of You card with a long handwritten message that Father Anthony sent after the tragedy.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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
In 1997, The Times described how McArthur refused to use a typewriter or computer and painstakingly handwrote his Bible studies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 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
That morning he handwrote Javier Bardem a letter to congratulate him on his performance.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 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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