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

Every time, he managed to fluster me anyway.

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’d been in a mood for weeks, and now my new utensil organization system had pushed her grouchiness into a full-out fluster.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

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

It quite flusters me to think of it, indeed.

From Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies by Henry Christopher McCook

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

Midway through, a flustered young man strolling past turned to a trio of gray-haired protesters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

“Let me put on some clothes first,” she told the nurse, flustered.

From Salon ● May 27, 2026

And it’s Cooper Hoffman, in a performance as flustered as his impresario in “Licorice Pizza” was confident, who commands the movie, topping from the bottom.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

Mr. Flux’s jaw clenched; he was clearly flustered by Sheed’s line of questioning.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

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

He was pressured repeatedly as the Cardinals stole a page from previous Carolina opponents, flustering the former Heisman Trophy winner with a series of blitzes.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 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

It evidently declined, without any symptom which could lead us to suspect his disease, unless indeed his brightened eyes, animated look, and flustering cheeks, made us dread consumption; but he was without pain or fear.

From The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley