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The phrase "a scrawl of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a messy or hasty piece of writing or drawing, often implying a lack of care or precision.
Example: "He handed me a scrawl of notes that barely made sense, but I appreciated the effort."
Alternatives: "a scribble of" or "a dash of".
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"Each runner, I track their progress," he said, leafing through the pages, covered with a scrawl of names and numbers.
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".
A scrawl of black paint now marks a wall near where the book burning took place as "Shar'a Biram" — Biram Avenue.
One is covered with a scrawl of graffiti executed in what looks like black charcoal, including a fine wiggly snake and other figures.
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Nearly 75% of Twitter users say a retweet by their favourite artist is as desirable as receiving a scrawl on a piece of paper.
And a scrawl on another piece of paper says only that $8 million had been paid out as "Funds for the Benefit of the Iraqi People".
Isotopically light carbon is a kind of biosignature — a scrawl on the wall that says "Life wuz here".
A childlike line drawing of a "deranged cat raking its garden"; a crude scrawl of a man on a bicycle; the Southern Cross reimagined as a pentagram; most egregiously, a QR code.
"France will lose its Triple-A," lamented a recent scrawl of graffiti on the side of a commercial building in the chic Marais quarter.
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