Hodler scratched marks into the surface and he built sweeping areas of color into hills that sit on fields like elephants on a stool.
A discontented his face, he said, "My great-grandmother's ghost tells me that, in her time and the time of her father, only a few priests scratched marks on clay.
Ell pointed to scratch marks on the wall which she said had just appeared.
He could only scratch marks upon paper, upon bark, upon whatever he had.
As he floated closer, the light grew, shooting out at all angles, scratching bright marks on the endless slate of night.
I think they have taken some system they have for scratching marks on wood with a knife, and made it into a kind of writing.
"If someone doesn't scream, or if there aren't scratch marks or bite marks, she didn't say no." But Ms. Carlson is clearly asking for trouble.
But a prisoner is traditionally expected to scratch marks on the wall, tallying the days he's been in, so I thought I might as well start.
He tried to scratch marks on the sheets, thinking that he could send them something, ask questions.
Not only were there scratch marks, but there also appeared to be teeth marks ringing a section where the bone had been cracked.