fluster
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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
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
The Terrapins were on their heels in the second quarter, when Notre Dame used a 13-0 run to take a 27-19 lead as its zone seemed to fluster Maryland.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2023
She gave him a hug, which seemed to fluster him, but Piper couldn’t help liking Frank.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
"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 teaches English, flusters the principal and flirts with a colleague.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2020
It is her peculiarity that a direct question, the answer to which involves a decision, flusters her painfully.
From A Cry in the Wilderness by Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella)
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
If he looked flustered, he had just come from more than an hour batting in the nets.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
“Let me put on some clothes first,” she told the nurse, flustered.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
There was something about this indomitable old lady which made him feel flustered and uncomfortable.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
Maybe knowing so many people is behind his sweating, flustering, and giggling.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2025
In a 116-104 win against the Thunder, who fell to No. 2 in the Western Conference with the loss, the Lakers were dominant, flustering Oklahoma City for all bit the smallest stretches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
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 seemed a lot of washing going on jest outside the Park, the white shirts and settera, flustering gaily in the breeze.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 30, 1890 by Various
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