How to Use head-scratcher in a Sentence

head-scratcher

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  • 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
  • Khalil Mack was well, Khalil Mack and how the Raiders kicked him to the curb early in his career is still one of the all-time head-scratchers.
    — Jay Paris, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • This head-scratcher comes from his 1917 book Amusements in Mathematics.
    — Heinrich Hemme, Scientific American, 20 June 2024
  • Trying to summarize the plot makes little sense — less because details would be spoilers as head-scratchers.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The head-scratcher was how one-dimensional Bishop Gorman’s offense was against Mater Dei.
    — Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Either way, that performance was truly a head-scratcher.
    — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 18 Sep. 2024

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