How to Use head-scratcher in a Sentence

head-scratcher

noun

• This head-scratcher comes from his 1917 book Amusements in Mathematics.
  — Heinrich Hemme, Scientific American, 20 June 2024
• For some of the testers, the Helios 3 Blackout was a bit of a head-scratcher.
  — Ryan Chelius, Field & Stream, 3 Aug. 2023
• Suh’s early struggles were a head-scratcher to the golf world.
  — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2023
• With this head-scratcher of a loss moving the Aztecs to 10-11 the last two seasons, what’s your answer?
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2023
• The biggest head-scratcher is the lack of one-pedal driving.
  — Roberto Baldwin, The Verge, 20 Mar. 2023
• The theme is a head-scratcher: who thinks of Klimt, with his gold leaf and gorgeous women, as a painter of nature?
  — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
• What’s more, a number of the bills seem well-intended, but are head-scratchers.
  — Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
• And this whole thing has just sort of devolved into something that's kind of a head-scratcher.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 28 Apr. 2023
• How the state would build a second prison after spending $1 billion on the first was a head-scratcher.
  — Kyle Whitmire, al, 28 Mar. 2023
• This whole thing has just sort of devolved into something that’s kind of a head-scratcher.
  — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2023
• That play, like so many for Minnesota, the West’s top team, was a head-scratcher — a slew of turnovers and fouls keeping the Lakers in the game into the fourth.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
• That can leave it feeling at times like a premise in search of the objects to suit it, with the occasional head-scratcher wedged in.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
• The results ranged from no-brainers to utter head-scratchers.
  — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
• All of this only makes its underseen status kind of a head-scratcher.
  — Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2023
• That, Bochy conceded, was something of a head-scratcher.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2023
• Dallas would go on to score twice with Foligno in the box on suspect penalty calls, but those head-scratchers have been made on both sides in this series.
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 24 Apr. 2023
• Why it wasn’t nominated: To be honest, this one is a real head-scratcher.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2024
• Abreu’s departure after nine years with the Sox was not surprising, but what has happened to him and his former team has been a head-scratcher to many.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2023
• The Nuggets’ one significant agreement was a head-scratcher.
  — oregonlive, 4 July 2023
• For the real head-scratchers about your casino account, their 24/7 live chat support team is waiting to assist.
  — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
• The trade, which came just before MLB imposed a lockout in early December, was a head-scratcher to many critics.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Feb. 2023
• But Kliavkoff’s trip last week to scope out SMU, which became public when he was spotted at a basketball game, is a head-scratcher.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2023
• This has grown into far more than a confusing and confounding head-scratcher.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2023
• Like any record company, Stax released some misfires and head-scratchers.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2024
• Monét is nominated as best new artist, which is just another head-scratcher for those who have followed her career over the past decade.
  — Thania Garcia, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
• Scheduling it on a holiday weekend and blocking off access to the lakefront was also a head-scratcher to some.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2023
• Trying to summarize the plot makes little sense — less because details would be spoilers as head-scratchers.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
• Co-stars Jason Segal and Jessica Williams both received nominations, which makes this snub even more of a head-scratcher.
  — Joey Morona, cleveland, 12 July 2023
• Creating a separatist movement in and occupying the Donbas, in eastern Ukraine, was more of a head-scratcher.
  — Boris Bondarev, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2022
• The Padres’ offense had been a head-scratcher to this point, languishing at No. 27 in baseball for batting average with runners in scoring position.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024