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

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

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

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

Colbert was flustered, to say the least, during the interview afterward.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

“Fine, Old French, maybe Latin or something,” she said, flustered.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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

Colorado got here by flustering opponents into making mistakes, and that recipe is working again in the final.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2022

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