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scrawls

  • present tense form
    of scrawl (3rd person singular).
    scrawl
    verb (used with object)
    to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner.

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Travis largely keeps his own counsel except when he scrawls in his journal, excerpts from which Mr. De Niro reads in voiceover.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

By the end of October, the prime minister's frustration is obvious in the long note he scrawls at the end of a Covid briefing document marked OFFICIAL/SENSITIVE.

From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025

She scrawls out a note to Border Patrol and instructions for the next medical team, signing her name at the bottom as she would a prescription.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2023

“No Surprises Here Robin Is an Expert” one of her journal scrawls declares.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2023

There was the picnic hamper of sandwiches, the trunk full of supplies, the cave walls full of Beowulf’s childish scrawls.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood