scribble away

scribble away (at something)

to write hard and fast at some task. He scribbled away at his notes as the lecturer droned on. Jane sat in the library scribbling away.

See also: away, scribble

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The sombre, Art Deco-style illustrations remind me of a less riotous Beryl Cook, with beautifully drawn household clutter contributing to a sense of claustrophobic isolation as the round-faced family members scribble away.

Maclear, Kyo and Sarda, Julia: The Liszts

uk SCRIBBLE away on the accompanying pad and watch as your words or doodles are synchronised to the app.

GADGETS FOR ASPIRING WRITERS

There's going to be an episode so ridiculous at St James' Park that you can liberate your pen and gleefully scribble away without any fear of comeback.

That's all, folks! Rafa rebrands loony Toons

Most of the celebrity portraits he produced, such as the one of Cinderella star Blanchett, were done during the press conferences, when the artist would scribble away as they talked to the journalists.

ENTERTAINMENT I Behind the scenes at Cannes; Welsh artist Dan Llywelyn Hall received an exclusive invitation to capture the great and the good at the world famous film festival on canvas. Here are the results..

TALENTED doodlers across the region are being invited to scribble away for a worthy cause.

Doodle for charity and win prizes

From transforming a wall into a working surface, to providing a space for kids to scribble away with any standard dry erase marker--there really are no limits to the creative applications for our Dry Erase Coating.

Interior architectural coatings: the market for interior architectural coatings continues to improve, fueled by an improved housing market

He could write things down, and he would scribble away," the Age quoted her as telling W Magazine.

Surgery brought us closer, says Nicole Kidman

Let them scribble away to their hearts' content for just 99p with a Doodle Activity Book.

KEEP THE KIDS OCCUPIED; ON SALE FROM MARCH 29

The 40-year-old gets up at 5am to scribble away, before heading off to work at Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics in Llanberis.

Writing is a way to escape and express my emotions

So go ahead, ban the boys from writing books while they're still playing - that's not the worst idea, as it happens - but don't you dare allow them to scribble away their thoughts and then have the cheek to say that they're in trouble if they state the truth.

Time to get off Gavin's back

The show will address the full range of writers: amateur novelists who scribble away in obscurity, screenwriters slaving away in the engine rooms of Hollywood, blockbuster novelists and beginning writers who just want to write for the local newspaper.

CALLING ALL WRITERS: NEW SHOW DELVES INTO CREATIVE PROCESS

Using Crayola TaDoodles Crayon Buddies, toddlers can scribble away on the light-up tummy or anywhere else on the washable bear.

Crayola Lets Kids Create More for Less

You scribble away through the questions and you couldn't have possibly written any more.

The worries, the woes and the excuses at exam time; Chronicle takes a sympathetic look at what teenagers are going through as the exam season takes over

She gives an interview from behind a plastic sheet as the reporters scribble away while wearing ball mouth gags.

Rihanna's reveals her wildest side in new racy video

I would scribble away about things that had happened to me but no-one was ever interested so then I would screw it up and throw it in the bin.