Object

• swastika: When the smoke cleared, police found anti-Semitic graffiti and swastikas scrawled in red marker.

• graffito: Many have had graffiti scrawled on nearby walls, cursing alleged Armenian support of the PKK.

• note: Beside the bowl, a little note scrawled in a child's handwriting which read, ' Take all you want.

• message: It was the sheet upon which I had scrawled the enigmatic message.

• sign: The scrawled, handwritten sign in English in the window of the downtown restaurant read: " Closed today... for no reason " .

• word: Somehow the words scrawled on our Prayer Room wall had taken on a life of their own.

Preposition: on

• wall: Many have had graffiti scrawled on nearby walls, cursing alleged Armenian support of the PKK.

• back: Scrawled on the back of each envelope is a list of the handsets their organizer has told them to target.

• side: Chillingly, it has the letters USA crudely scrawled on the side.

• whiteboard: But ten minutes had gone since the period started, and there were no scrawls on the whiteboard.

Preposition: across

• wall: In the gleam of the headlights Carol caught a glimpse of the graffiti scrawled across the walls on the opposite side of the street.

Adjective modifier

• illegible: Please try to resist the temptation to scribble them in illegible scrawl.

• childlike: Written in charming, childlike scrawl, the mousemat delightfully proclaims ' A very nice mousemat for horrible yukky work ' .

Converse of object

• read: I do not know whether you will care to read this scrawl.

• endear: Featuring an endearing, childlike scrawl and cheeky scribbles, this is a great way to motivate her through the day.

Modifying Another Word

• hastily: The names of two villages have been hastily scrawled in the sky.

• all: It was scrawled all over the outside of the members ' lounge at County Hall last weekend.

Noun used with modifier

• pencil: Excuse my pencil scrawl but I write whilst laid in bed.

Preposition: in

• ink: I almost expected the completed form to be sent back to me with " Must try harder " scrawled in red ink.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• over: He held in his hand a sheet of blue paper, scrawled over with notes and figures.