Used in a Sentence

scrawled

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for scrawled.

Editorial note

Having that seemingly unattainable number scrawled on a sticky note put me back in the right mindset.

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Quick take

Having been written in a rapid and sloppy manner.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of scrawled gathered in one view.

adjective

Having been written in a rapid and sloppy manner.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for scrawled.

adjective

Having been written in a rapid and sloppy manner.

Example sentences

1

Having that seemingly unattainable number scrawled on a sticky note put me back in the right mindset.

2

If you're walking down the street and just see a giant phone number scrawled on a wall, would you call it?

3

Then imagine having those slipped under the door of your home, scrawled over a Polaroid of you sleeping in your bedroom.

4

And a low tech note scrawled with a sharpe may have an advantage there.

5

If anything was scrawled on any walls, it must have been inside.

6

With whatever scrap of sanity I had left, I scrawled down my hopes, my dreams, and my goals for the future.

7

I've noticed when touring tertiary academic institutions (Edinburgh School of Informatics for instance), that every room and office has whiteboards filled with scrawled code.

8

It does a much better job with subrepos, and I can actually use it without always consulting a hand-scrawled reference sheet for common tasks.

9

He scrawled his name in Chinese, didn't he?

10

Most people I knew who had C64's knew only enough to launch games (and often they had the instructions scrawled on the disk slip covers).

11

I think I would rather read a poem that was scrawled on the back of an unpaid utility bill than the musings of a comfortable millionaire.

12

Companies that weren't much more than pot-fueled ideas scrawled on napkins by up-too-late bong-smokers were taken public via IPOs, hyped in the media and sold to the public for megamillions.

Quote examples

1

The hand-scrawled note on this photo print said "Slash's Wife, I swear." Anybody recognize her from the back?

2

I don't know who scrawled that graffiti "Zagat can suck my XX" in their office, but I doubt it was a Googler.

3

The last snap I sent was to my girlfriend, it was an image of our dog with a ripped up shoe, I scrawled "How mad are you?" on it.

4

Its interesting that you mention grading essays because I distinctly remember highschool essays (one in particular) that I got back with D's on them red-scrawled with "Disappointing" without further elaboration.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use scrawled in a sentence?

Having that seemingly unattainable number scrawled on a sticky note put me back in the right mindset.

What does scrawled mean?

Having been written in a rapid and sloppy manner.

What part of speech is scrawled?

scrawled is commonly used as adjective.