Example Sentences

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Someone has scrawled "hate Nazis" on the building.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2017

As the Wall Street Journal noted, he has scrawled the phrase over a white board in his office in Trump Tower.

From The Guardian • Apr. 1, 2016

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

Thereupon, since an animal of that breed cannot go anywhere without leaving his scent behind him, he has scrawled himself over half a page of the Suggestion' Book.

From Brother Copas by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir