Get to know Scrawled better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like written.
Scrawled meaning
Having been written in a rapid and sloppy manner.
Synonyms of Scrawled
Using Scrawled
- The main meaning on this page is: Having been written in a rapid and sloppy manner.
- Useful related words include: written.
- In the example corpus, scrawled often appears in combinations such as: scrawled on, and scrawled, scrawled across.
Context around Scrawled
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 2 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Scrawled
- In this selection, "scrawled" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, thieves, saw, placards, across, kiaboyz and math stand out and add context to how "scrawled" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and obscenities scrawled into the and before people scrawled kill cops. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "scrawled" sits close to words such as abalone, abomination and accountancy, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with scrawled
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
These photoshopped pictures are hilariously accurate to the scrawled crayon drawings. (11 words)
Foul-mouthed graffiti remains scrawled on the walls and the doors. (11 words)
The miller’s scrawled math remains legible on that big central post. (12 words)
The painting featuring Margaret Thatcher is one of the most confrontational pieces, with the former Prime Minister wearing a swastika medallion and holding two skulls whilst being shouted at by two punks and obscenities scrawled into the canvas. (38 words)
Earlier in the day, a motorcade composed of dozens of vehicles, some scrawled with slogans like “Black Lives Matter” and “Happy Juneteenth,” had made its way from Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn across the East River to Manhattan. (38 words)
Someone painted a red X through a Star of David on the Rock; one Jewish student found “Yall R Jewish” scrawled on her dorm whiteboard, near the mezuza affixed to her doorway. (32 words)
Adrenaline surging, I grabbed a pad and pen from the kitchen and scrawled a note: “Shut up! (17 words)
Others took aim at Portland Port chief executive Bill Reeves, holding placards scrawled with 'Legionella! (15 words)
Example sentences (20)
Adrenaline surging, I grabbed a pad and pen from the kitchen and scrawled a note: “Shut up!
Almost as if to add insult to injury, the thieves scrawled “Kiaboyz” in sharpie on the roof above the driver’s-side door.
Beside that transitory countenance I saw, scrawled into the frost on the surface of the ice, the word 'Deborah'.
Others took aim at Portland Port chief executive Bill Reeves, holding placards scrawled with 'Legionella!
She said, "Save the Greenbelt," "Land back," and "Stop the TMX pipeline" were some of the messages she scrawled across her torso, back and arms.
The miller’s scrawled math remains legible on that big central post.
The painting featuring Margaret Thatcher is one of the most confrontational pieces, with the former Prime Minister wearing a swastika medallion and holding two skulls whilst being shouted at by two punks and obscenities scrawled into the canvas.
The painting shows blood splattered across his face and the word “filth” scrawled on his forehead.
These photoshopped pictures are hilariously accurate to the scrawled crayon drawings.
This Tuesday, a rainbow crosswalk near Bayside Middle School in Brentwood Bay, Central Saanich, was found defaced with homophobic slurs scrawled by vandals.
While parts have been replaced, it still demonstrates historic bomb damage and even a great deal of graffiti scrawled into it with pocked-knives by 18th-century naughty schoolboys.
Foul-mouthed graffiti remains scrawled on the walls and the doors.
She then scrawled 'it's real' on the paper, and nodded up to the sky.
Someone painted a red X through a Star of David on the Rock; one Jewish student found “Yall R Jewish” scrawled on her dorm whiteboard, near the mezuza affixed to her doorway.
That's exactly what Emily experienced when a cruel insult was scrawled on the delivery note by McDonald's staff - after she'd only ordered two Coca Colas.
The walls are decorated with old cassette tapes and scrawled song lyrics so musos know they're in safe hands.
A cluster of candles, rosaries draped over a small wooden cross and messages like “rest in peace” scrawled on the pavement.
Bonus: The night before, people scrawled “Kill Cops” near the Police Union office not far from the park.
Earlier in the day, a motorcade composed of dozens of vehicles, some scrawled with slogans like “Black Lives Matter” and “Happy Juneteenth,” had made its way from Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn across the East River to Manhattan.
Graffiti was scrawled across a sign of a Holocaust survivor on a Jewish holy day in North York, Ontario in July, 2018.
Common combinations with scrawled
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- scrawled on 16×
- and scrawled 6×
- scrawled across 6×
- scrawled in 4×
- scrawled into 3×
- scrawled with 3×
- the scrawled 3×
- graffiti scrawled 3×
- was scrawled 3×
- had scrawled 3×