scratching
Example Sentences
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With all but one player left scratching their heads, speculation has been soaring among eagle‑eyed viewers - with some heads turning to Welsh contestant Fiona.
From BBC
The scratching alerts us to what will be increasingly vigorous attacks on the canvas surface—scraping, rubbing, incising fine lines—emphasizing the character of her paintings as objects, rather than representations.
The team have been scratching their heads trying to work out who these women were.
From BBC
“We were scratching and clawing for any order, let alone profitable ones,” Moreno says.
Mann once told an audience something that I believe applies to all of us: “I thought I knew L.A., and I realized that I was just scratching the surface.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
