fluster

The defending champion is part of a seven-way tie for the first-round lead after plotting a three-under round of 67 which encapsulated his ability to play with relentless diligence and barely a flicker of fluster.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

Never over those previous eight games did the Lakers fluster Nikola Jokic like they did Saturday, forcing the three-time MVP into firing passes off of cutters’ knees or into the front row.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2025

I always told myself I wouldn’t let Harry fluster me.

From Slate ● May 27, 2023

Throughout the attempts, I was also struck that nothing seemed to fluster the AI.

From Scientific American ● May 25, 2023

Yawning and stretching, I looked down at the pond that had been the source of such fire and fluster the previous night.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

The story is simple: The dad flusters, fidgets and whines; the girl gobbles room service as though aspiring to become human foie gras.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

"Nothing ever flusters Finn," says Scotland team-mate Kyle Steyn.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026

Not even her obliteration of such sacred territory as replacing Paul's traditional family tree with a bigger one flusters him, even though he didn't ask.

From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2022

If Geno Smith can continue his hot start and the defense flusters Trey Lance like the Bears did last week, it’s a game they could win.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2022

"She never seems to get into flusters like you do, she seems to have something that steadies her, somehow; I hardly know how to put it."

From The Little Missis by Charlotte Skinner

Her first briefing on Tuesday lasted only 14 minutes as she took questions from just three reporters at Breitbart, Fox News and the Daily Mail, appearing flustered and disorganized.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

If this were still the primary, Raman would have flustered her way to a non-answer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Instead, he seemed a good, flustered company man anxiously determined to be normal—like Dick Van Dyke, perhaps, or Bob Newhart—while remaining very funny indeed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

A test followed with the flustered pigeons flying off, convincing the club owners, and Hamish, a Harris hawk, became a fixture at the two-week championships.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

“Russell and I . . . Yes, we were . . . dating,” I stammered, flustered again at the wrong-sounding word.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Maybe knowing so many people is behind his sweating, flustering, and giggling.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2025

Football, indeed, is a team sport and also a flustering one for the 2023 Chargers, whose inability to finish now has them on the verge of being finished.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2023

Even now I couldn’t tell what Harry wanted from me, or whether flustering me was just part of his fun.

From Slate ● May 27, 2023

But the Cavaliers permitted just four points the rest of the way, flustering Providence into 1-for-18 shooting down the stretch.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2021

There is always a flustering breeze in the air and a perturbation generally through the county when they come or go, and I think I perceived the effects about four in the afternoon. 

From The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope