flustered
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“Let me put on some clothes first,” she told the nurse, flustered.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
Colbert was flustered, to say the least, during the interview afterward.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
As frustrating as it can be for the media, who benefitted enormously from Amorim's rent-a-quote period in charge, his calmness and refusal to get flustered has been viewed as one of Carrick's major strengths.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
After she says she is, in a flustered tone, he sarcastically asks: “You don’t sound sure. Want to make a phone call?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
She stared at her notes for a few moments, brought the pen to the board, made a mark, then got flustered and made some notations in the white space beyond the graph, and tried again.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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