| 1 | Anxiously I ponder the ways I might reduce my shoe size. | |
| 2 | I have been sitting here puzzling about what to do. | |
| 3 | Hard as I cudgeled my brains, I couldn't remember her name. | |
| 4 | He racked his brains for a long time, but couldn't come up with any ideas. | |
| 5 | The director noodled for two days for only one scene. |