Get to know Scrawl better with 9 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like scribble or scratch.
Scrawl meaning
- Irregular, poor handwriting; especially, such writing that is illegible.
- A hastily or carelessly written note etc.
- Writing that lacks literary merit.
Using Scrawl
- The main meaning on this page is: Irregular, poor handwriting; especially, such writing that is illegible. | A hastily or carelessly written note etc. | Writing that lacks literary merit.
- Useful related words include: scribble, scratch, cacography, handwriting.
- In the example corpus, scrawl often appears in combinations such as: to scrawl.
Context around Scrawl
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Scrawl
- In this selection, "scrawl" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, quickly, graffiti and swastikas stand out and add context to how "scrawl" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and just scrawl graffiti or and and quickly scrawl my illegible. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "scrawl" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with scrawl
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I remember the scrawl of the ancients". (7 words)
This type of graffiti can seem crude; for example fascist supporters often scrawl swastikas and other Nazi images. (18 words)
That scrawl is part of Foster’s defamation suit against board attorney Laura Clark and board chair Ray Boles. (19 words)
Most people don't know what the statue "Prizemljeno Sunce" (The Grounded Sun) is for, and just scrawl graffiti or signatures on it, but it's actually the Sun scaled down, with many planets situated all over Zagreb in scale with the Sun. (43 words)
The font is also questionable, a whimsical and almost child-like scrawl that calls the much-maligned Comic Sans to mind — greatly undermining the gravitas of the message he is clearly attempting to deliver. (34 words)
Some of Scrawl’s albums, like Velvet Hammer, were engineered by producer Steve Albini, who’s been much in the news lately since his passing two months ago. (28 words)
Example sentences (9)
Only once the crowd had dissipated would I sneak over and quickly scrawl my illegible goodbye, tucked away on whatever scrap of real estate remained.
Some of Scrawl’s albums, like Velvet Hammer, were engineered by producer Steve Albini, who’s been much in the news lately since his passing two months ago.
That scrawl is part of Foster’s defamation suit against board attorney Laura Clark and board chair Ray Boles.
Mike expressed his frustration and admitted he couldn’t even decipher what the vandals were trying to scrawl on the boards.
The font is also questionable, a whimsical and almost child-like scrawl that calls the much-maligned Comic Sans to mind — greatly undermining the gravitas of the message he is clearly attempting to deliver.
I remember the scrawl of the ancients".
Most people don't know what the statue "Prizemljeno Sunce" (The Grounded Sun) is for, and just scrawl graffiti or signatures on it, but it's actually the Sun scaled down, with many planets situated all over Zagreb in scale with the Sun.
This type of graffiti can seem crude; for example fascist supporters often scrawl swastikas and other Nazi images.
With a red felt-tip pen, Osborn began to scrawl a Saint Andrew's cross circumscribed inside a chalice on his placemat.
Common combinations with scrawl
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to scrawl 2×