flustered
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Her first briefing on Tuesday lasted only 14 minutes as she took questions from just three reporters at Breitbart, Fox News and the Daily Mail, appearing flustered and disorganized.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
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
If he looked flustered, he had just come from more than an hour batting in the nets.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 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
Frith in his element, of course, directing Robert with a lift of his eyebrows, and myself rather hot and flustered with a monstrous silver tea-pot and kettle that I never knew how to manage.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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