How to Use handwriting in a Sentence

handwriting

noun
Definition of handwritingnext
Synonyms for handwritingnext
  • Her handwriting is nearly impossible to read.
  • The handwriting has been on the wall for a very long time.
    — Carol Cain, Detroit Free Press, 28 May 2022
  • Hunter Renfroe has been around long enough to be able to read the handwriting on the wall.
    — Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 24 Nov. 2022
  • And at the very top of the plate is the Drake equation, rendered in Dad’s handwriting.
    — Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2024
  • The golfer and his mother were able to help Mark write the words out in his own handwriting.
    — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The handwriting was small, and the list covered at least three full pages.
    — Devin Gordon, New York Times, 6 June 2019
  • Durst couldn’t tell the handwriting in the two letters apart.
    — Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2021
  • The very first logo on the can was my cousin’s handwriting.
    — Megan Ditrolio, Marie Claire, 23 Jan. 2020
  • But Frank was more the scratchy handwriting type, prone to splotch—not one to weep, let alone for long.
    — Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The handwriting in the logbook also matched the neat script on the message.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 8 Mar. 2018
  • At the top of the note, McRae apologizes for his handwriting.
    — Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The poster also sees some of his handwriting of Face‘s lyrics featured on the record.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The handwriting was being written on the wall that many years ago.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 21 May 2022
  • Booker inked the words in Bryant’s handwriting on the inside of his arm.
    — Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2021
  • My mother still has a batch of them, in Mrs. Gerbe’s handwriting, but in my voice.
    — Marc Myers, WSJ, 19 June 2018
  • Clara Bryant Ford’s recipe for date bars This recipe was found in Clara’s handwriting.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The notebook lays flat on your desk and has a square-grid pattern to keep your handwriting in check.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The handwriting is on the wall for the workers at one of the last standing small auto plants in Detroit.
    — Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 15 June 2018
  • The debate around the importance of handwriting was put to rest a while back.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 18 June 2024
  • David Bills wrote a short letter to his wife Nov. 15, his handwriting a messy scrawl.
    — Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Sep. 2021
  • The note appears to be written in a child's handwriting.
    — Andy Thompson, azcentral, 19 Mar. 2018
  • White’s handwriting was faint and cramped, but on the back of the form Kitchen had rewritten some of his answers in cursive.
    — The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Her handwriting skill, Meghan said in a video with Larry King, was honed while in school.
    — Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2017
  • Looking for a fun way to help kids flex their handwriting skills?
    — Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2020
  • The sheets have curled under the pressure of her handwriting, so compressed the pages are more black than white.
    — Elizabeth Koh and Carol Marbin Miller, miamiherald, 24 May 2018
  • In scratchy handwriting that was hard to make out, the document said that the parents’ first names were Miguel and María.
    — Nicholas Casey, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The package came in the mail with my name and address written in my mom’s round, curly handwriting.
    — Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The handwriting was Helena’s, but the ideas were mostly Mark’s and mine.
    — Lara Vapnyar, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • In order to preserve their scoop, his editors at Stern had not sought to verify the diaries with handwriting experts.
    — Clay Risen, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The results echoed earlier handwriting and linguistic analysis that had led to Jacob and her husband’s arrest in 2017.
    — Julia Webster Ayuso, The Dial, 21 Nov. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'handwriting.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: