Scribbled
[skrɪbəld]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Scribble
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Examples
- On it was scribbled in pencil: L10 reward. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- But he merely drew out a memorandum-book in which he had scribbled some dates. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Holmes scribbled a receipt upon a sheet of his note-book and handed it to him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The brother scribbled a note upon a leaf of his pocket-book, and, ringing the bell, he handed it to the waiter. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Pas beaucoup, was the answer, as the doctor hastily scribbled with his pencil some harmless prescription. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He scribbled a few words upon a leaf from his notebook. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I scribbled a note to my neighbor, rushed upstairs to explain the matter to my wife, and joined Holmes upon the door-step. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Yet as she scribbled, she kept her eye on her sister, who seemed unusually quiet. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- There he scribbled a short note for Stanley Hopkins, and left it with the lodge-keeper. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He had in his hand several sheets of a notebook, covered with scribbled writing--here they are--and he laid them on my table. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He turned to his desk and scribbled off several telegrams, which were handed over to the page-boy. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The inscriptions the sightseers scribbled upon the walls remain to this day, and many of them have been deciphered and published. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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