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
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
I couldn’t sustain the necessary postures and angles to handwrite legibly.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2021
I had to handwrite the whole thing twice, just so there were no errors in it.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
Ms. Allen traces pen names, decodes handwriting and deciphers marginalia in Richmond’s correspondence and books.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
In some cases, online stores are set up by fraudsters who forge items by purchasing products before adding a fake signature - either by doing so themselves or employing the services of expert handwriting copiers.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 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
At the time she didn’t know what was causing pain in her right leg and the intense itching on her arms, legs and torso — or why her handwriting had “gone funky.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
But there it was, all laid out in my own handwriting.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
It is also the only Met case still run on the 1980s card index system, kept in case a handwritten detail was ever overlooked.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
They added that most threats now emerge online, replacing handwritten letters and other traditional forms of communication as the primary source.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
We also want to get an auto pen so we can write handwritten cards for guests because it’s kind of hard to write perfect handwriting in different languages and in cursive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
He also updates his own handwritten obituary every day: “He liked the idea of controlling the narrative.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
She stops at the only door that has two calligraphed characters as well as a handwritten name on the tag next to it.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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
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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