scribble away

Frequency: 6.51.8 per million words

to continue scribbling for a period of time, often absorbed in the activity

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Examples (10)

  • The students were all scribbling away furiously during the lecture.
  • She would often scribble away in her notebook, lost in her thoughts.
  • He scribbled away at his novel for hours, ignoring everything else.
  • Despite the noise, the artist continued to scribble away on her sketchpad.
  • They were asked to scribble away ideas for the new project.
  • Don't just scribble away; try to organize your thoughts.
  • The child happily scribbled away with crayons on the paper.
  • I saw him scribbling away notes throughout the entire conference.
  • She had been scribbling away poems since she was a teenager.
  • If you just scribble away without thinking, the result won't be good.