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
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
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
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
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
I flipped through them until I got to the last page, where I found words in handwriting I didn’t recognize.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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
Others held handwritten banners reading: "You made us proud, men."
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
According to the affidavit, she penned two handwritten notes expressing sadness in her marriage, and co-workers said she could not even purchase new work clothes because she gave all her money to Vander Meer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026
"Each package had a handwritten image of a smiling face and the letter 'M' marked on it," said Nelson.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
On the last page her handwritten corrections spelled out the word belief.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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 college, I hung paper seahorses from the ceiling and handwrote poems which I taped below the window by my bed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 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
Once he settled against a gubernatorial bid, Kennedy said he handwrote his announcement statement.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2018
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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