Example Sentences

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Most of us sign our names so illegibly that it’s useless in proving our identity.

From Washington Post • May 15, 2018

Twenty-seven years ago, the brilliance of Christoph Hässler, known as Stohead, emerged from his fascination with the calligraphic aspect of graffiti — called tag — using single strokes to form continuous letters, at times illegibly.

From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2017

It is relatively unsplashy, as these things go — not very long, not very elegantly written, just 3,500 or so words of Medieval Latin crammed illegibly onto a single page of parchment.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2015

It is not reasonable to think that people can write terribly, illegibly badly almost all the time and then elevate their handwriting for special purposes.

From The Guardian • Oct. 6, 2012

And the same night, almost illegibly, “I was going downhill until he picked me up, but the more I think of it, we picked each other up.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey