scrawling
- present participle of scrawl.
Example Sentences
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Earlier this year, Meta announced a multibillion-dollar cable project named Waterworth, which will connect the U.S. to South Africa, India and Australia, scrawling a 31,000-mile letter W on the face of the planet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
Last November, a 65-year-old American tourist was arrested on suspicion of scrawling graffiti onto a wooden gate at the Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2025
Wembanyama cheerfully signed autographs, scrawling his name onto basketballs and Spurs jerseys — some even with his name already on the back — before making his way into a waiting vehicle.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
He eventually devolves into a sort of Early Man type, scrawling on the walls, creating strange altars and structures, developing an almost religious fervor in his isolation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
Instead he contented himself with scrawling a note to Ron: Let’s do it tonight.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
