Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigThe phrase "a scrawl" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a messy or illegible handwriting or drawing.
Example: "I could barely read the note because it was just a scrawl on the page."
Alternatives: "a scribble" or "a messy writing".
Exact(31)
"Each runner, I track their progress," he said, leafing through the pages, covered with a scrawl of names and numbers.
Below a scrawl of anti-Bokassa graffiti, someone had placed a broken wing of a plastic imperial eagle.
Isotopically light carbon is a kind of biosignature — a scrawl on the wall that says "Life wuz here".
A scrawl of graffiti paid tribute to Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister: "Bibi We Love You".
On a walk around campus, he and Kim noticed a scrawl of racist graffiti on a pedestrian bridge.
A scrawl of graffiti caught my eye: a riff on the Ampelman, the East German "traffic light man".
Similar(29)
He rocks back in a squeaky office chair wedged between stacks of documents, two computers, combination-locked file drawers and a scrawl-filled chalkboard.
Later, the carabinieri also turned up a scrawled receipt from Renzo Canavesi.
She said she could see a scrawling from her apartment window.
Next to the jewelry was a scrap of paper and a scrawled sum.
Another claimed, in a scrawled-by-teen-werewolf font, to be OUT OF CONTROL ($28).
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com