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
“And don’t fluster poor Charlie. We must all try to keep very calm. Now the first thing to decide is this—who is going to go with Charlie to the factory?”
From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
"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
Faction flusters, Cant appeals In the name of sham-humanity.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 19, 1892 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
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
“Let me put on some clothes first,” she told the nurse, flustered.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
And Wall Street has pointedly refused to be flustered by the conflict in recent weeks, particularly after excitement over robust corporate earnings.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
Back in February, an otherwise dry senate hearing took an unexpected turn when a flustered treasury official confirmed a little known fact: Australia gets more tax from beer than gas exports.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
Kendra reached for the hen, but the flustered bird dodged her grasp.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
Maybe knowing so many people is behind his sweating, flustering, and giggling.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2025
The Timberwolves won 120-95 on their home court in Game 1 by flustering Booker into a 5-for-16 shooting performance.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 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
The man was admitted, and his heavy step up the spiral stair, flustering in the toil of a vain precipitude in the dark entrance, declared the impatience of his intelligence.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III by Various
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