Sentence examples for left to scratch from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile, the public is left to scratch its head and wonder what's actually going on (besides the mildly intriguing spectacle of movie stars fighting with one another).

Lionel Messi, the great player who was pitted against the great team, was left to scratch his head at the end of the World Cup final as he collected the player of the tournament award and the Germany team huddled together for photos with Angela Merkel.

With the rollout of Sanrio's follow-up, though, we're faced with a morsel of such miraculous banality that we're left to scratch our heads over the ensuing media spectacle.

"The Europeans are left to continue scratching their heads as to how they should engage with Washington," Jonathan Eyal, International director at the Royal United Services Institute, said.

(left to right) Ear Scratch, Head Scratch, Nose Itch, Hands on Cheeks, Chin Rest, Eye Rub.

When she runs into one of the staffers, she complains about his obituary of Richard Nixon, leaving him to scratch his head.

He doesn't care about the shonky foundations of the welfare cap – that for want of an open debate about statutory rights, it is really just a cap on housing benefit, leaving people to scratch together the shortfall with their other benefits.

That leaves us, again, to scratch our heads and ask what might be reasonable.

Worse are the cases when it works but not in the way expected leaving the programmer to scratch their head and try to work out why.

They're often left on their own to scratch out an existence in a city that hates them and offers them next to nothing.

(Unless the "venerable British actress" slot goes to Maggie Smith for "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel". Why do I feel that film is going to get eight nominations, leaving you and I to scratch our heads?).