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

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

This flattery to the point of fluster happens more often than I care to admit when she’s around, and it was unnerving at first because I’d never reacted to a girl that way before.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

"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

And she flusters me again with her coolness.

From Somewhere in Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson

Not while he’s flustered and frustrated — which you can’t spell without rust, though even Roberts admitted, “I don’t know how long you can use the rust thing, which I’ve certainly used.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

We looked flustered, disorganised, can't defend and can't score.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

They are the well-oiled collection of busy little players who keep the ball like no one else—the side that measures every touch, weaves complex passing patterns and never, ever seems flustered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 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

She hid under a mop of tangled hair, and her ruddy white cheeks made her look flustered.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2025

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

And that’s exactly what Jackson did with New England, first starring during scout-team repetitions, flustering at times even all-everything quarterback Tom Brady.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2022

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

Before I got my connection Saxe, whose office was only two blocks away, came flustering in.

From The Deluge by David Graham Phillips