scrawl
verb (used with object)
to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner.
has scrawled
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present perfectof scrawl (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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She feels comfortable at the desk in her one-bedroom apartment, seated under a whiteboard on which she has scrawled affirmations like “routine, not schedule.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
Someone has scrawled "hate Nazis" on the building.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2017
Nearby, in the window of an abandoned store, someone has scrawled “Adios” in the dust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2015
In the jail, someone has scrawled the French word “innocente” on the towering stone walls.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2015
Exactly opposite the seat of the solicitor-general, a ready pen has scrawled upon the table a striking likeness of “his satanic majesty.”
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
