Example Sentences

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He was jotting down film titles to watch later for movie night.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2023

Outside the Queen’s Stand, a pensioner with a Bic pen was jotting notes and numbers onto the folded pages of a betting form.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2022

Wailes, meanwhile, was jotting down ASL gloss — essentially “writing down in words what we’re going to sign,” she explained.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2021

Weinstein was jotting notes in a thick yellow notebook through most of Haleyi’s account, but looked at her and shook his head when she described their encounter.

From Washington Times • Jan. 27, 2020

But Britten was jotting something on a pad, his face pale and hard in the yellow glare of the suspended electric bulb.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright