How to Use brainteaser in a Sentence

brainteaser

noun
  • The brainteasers are intended to both calm the players' minds and encourage them to think ahead.
    — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2019
  • At least the old brainteaser, the one where one guard always lies and the other always tells the truth, is a solvable problem.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The popular game show has been on air for 39 seasons with guild writers penning the tricky brainteasers.
    — Kaitlyn Huamani, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
  • And as tricky as this puzzle is, plenty of brainteaser fans are loving the challenge.
    — Christy Piña, Woman's Day, 8 Dec. 2020
  • For this fun little brainteaser, Dudás hid a baby bear among all of the reindeers crowding Santa in one of the winter forests in the North Pole.
    — Christy Piña, Woman's Day, 19 Dec. 2020
  • In contrast, 60 percent of the subjects distracted by brainteasers got it right.
    — Laura Kutsch, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Some of the riddles might be familiar, others are new but the overlay of the cute villagers offering brainteasers is just the right level of fun.
    — Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2020
  • Here are some puzzles and brainteasers to challenge your family and friends with, either in person or over video chat.
    — Nicole Wetsman, Popular Science, 22 May 2020
  • Ace Sheds' brainteaser has taken some people over 5 minutes to solve.
    — Christy Piña, Woman's Day, 28 Oct. 2020
  • And what better way to get your spooky on than indulging in yet another Halloween brainteaser?
    — Christy Piña, Woman's Day, 29 Oct. 2020
  • This trippy jigsaw puzzle comes from the mind of master brainteaser Chris Yates, but the true credit goes to an algorithm.
    — Gear Team, Wired, 22 Nov. 2021
  • But be warned: solving this holiday brainteaser is far from easy.
    — Christy Piña, Woman's Day, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Litt’s online project doesn’t just highlight the enduring allure of brainteasers.
    — Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 29 Aug. 2024
  • The quickest someone's solved the brainteaser, according to a press release, is 45 seconds.
    — Christy Piña, Woman's Day, 29 Dec. 2020
  • The brainteaser, which was released by The New York Times last year and has since skyrocketed in popularity, can be tricky to solve.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The Leonardo da Vinci-themed, four-room brainteaser comes hand in hand with the palace's da Vinci exhibit that will celebrate the 500th anniversary of the famed artist's death.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 1 July 2019
  • As early as 1913, planar graphs came up in a brainteaser called the three-utilities problem, published in The Strand Magazine.
    — Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Despite its struggles, the AI chatbot made one key logical breakthrough during the brainteasers.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 25 May 2023
  • Crosswords and brainteasers, though popular, aren’t enough to replicate the mental challenges our brains undergo at the office.
    — Ken Fisher, USA TODAY, 16 June 2019
  • From Halloween puzzles, to Christmas brainteasers, and even Springtime ones, Dudás' seek-and-find puzzle books will satisfy your brainteaser itch day in and day out.
    — Christy Piña, Woman's Day, 19 Dec. 2020
  • In this fun, colorful brainteaser, one of the Nutcrackers is missing his mustache.
    — Christy Piña, Woman's Day, 18 Dec. 2020
  • On average, the Christmas brainteaser takes about 1 minute and 3 seconds to solve but has taken some people up to 15 minutes, according to the press release.
    — Christy Piña, Woman's Day, 9 Dec. 2020
  • When former Treasury secretary and Harvard president Lawrence Summers applied for a job at the firm in 2006, he was required to solve brainteasers.
    — Daniel Golden, ProPublica, 28 Sep. 2019
  • What this argument reflects, in part, is one of the brainteasers of nuclear theology.
    — The Economist, 12 July 2018
  • One set of subjects had four minutes to think about the decision; another set was distracted by solving brainteasers.
    — Laura Kutsch, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2019
  • One of the last ten questions asks test takers to identify the similarity between a train and bicycle, and Trump isn’t so deranged to think that’s a world-class brainteaser.
    — Adam K. Raymond, Daily Intelligencer, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Just give the brainteaser another look and consider focusing on the bottom right quadrant.
    — Christy Piña, Woman's Day, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Chess and other games and brainteasers in general are typically prescribed to help stave off dementia.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2018
  • For example, a few of the watches are a different color than the mostly gold ones, intentionally designed to throw brainteaser-lovers off.
    — Christy Piña, Woman's Day, 28 Dec. 2020
  • This holiday puzzle zeroes in on that and transforms classic Champagne flutes into a tricky brainteaser.
    — Christy Piña, Woman's Day, 29 Dec. 2020

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