handwrite
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of handwrite
First recorded in 1840–50; back formation from handwriting
Example Sentences
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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
That tendency to handwrite things makes keeping track of everything a little difficult.
From The Verge ● Feb. 6, 2019
I had to handwrite the whole thing twice, just so there were no errors in it.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
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 childish scribbling handwriting is also a red herring for some of the more serious and sinister themes in the book, “ says Cash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
Two smaller chapels—one blood red, and the other white—contrast with the interior’s shades of gray, as do stained-glass and hand-painted windows, which, in handwriting, call out the Virgin by name, “Marie.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Every detail of her Olympic visit was closely scrutinised, from the clothes she wore to the bag she was carrying and even her handwriting.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026
Everything was printed in Fred’s tiny, precise handwriting.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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
Her anguish is shared outside morgues as well as in hospitals, where photos of missing persons are plastered on walls and utility poles, written on handwritten pieces of paper.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
In a handwritten statement to FHSAA, the player recalled, “I was told they could give me a ride to school and lunch everyday.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
So when a series of letters, handwritten in English and allegedly signed by El Chapo, recently began arriving at the federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y., they posed a mystery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
The larger books on the desk are moving at a less steady pace as Marco goes back and forth between handwritten volumes, scrawling notes and calculations on loose sheets of paper.
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
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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