head-scratching

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Recent Examples of head-scratching If that stretch wasn’t enough, Florida returned to another head-scratching theme — an inability to field 11 players — in the fourth quarter. Matt Baker, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025 Riley’s most head-scratching play call of the season appeared early in the fourth quarter, with rain steadily falling on Notre Dame Stadium. Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025 Adding a running back at the right price wouldn't be a bad idea, but choosing to target that position over defense is just a head-scratching proposition. James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025 Nix is certainly one of them, with a couple of head-scratching incompletions on third down in the second half. Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for head-scratching
Recent Examples of Synonyms for head-scratching
Noun
  • The abrupt departure stunned the crowd, prompting confusion both in the audience and among his bandmates.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Teddy’s reasoning is a confusion of save-the-world alarmism, garden-variety derangement, unhealed trauma, and single-minded revenge.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • About 15 miles away, a National Geographic cruise ship carrying around 150 passengers and crew started to move backward, pulled by suddenly shifting currents through an eerie fog.
    Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Patchy dense fog will result in sudden changes in visibility.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • What is normal in the state of dementia, where connections are not being made, where tangle is all, objects take on a curious aspect, and where there is an unpleasant flavor to the hours?
    Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In a yarn shop, a tangle of tariffs Sara Heckman’s shop Apricot Yarn & Supply sells yarn from around the world.
    Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Head-scratching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/head-scratching. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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