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
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
Yawning and stretching, I looked down at the pond that had been the source of such fire and fluster the previous night.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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
When I erupt , my sonic boom flusters and splinters quiet .
From NATURAE by Dom
If he looked flustered, he had just come from more than an hour batting in the nets.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Crews started the gig when he was still starring as a flustered cop on the acclaimed sitcom “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”
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
Mrs. Turner, the principal’s wife and also his secretary, was clearly flustered and leapt from her chair when we arrived.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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
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
She almost forgot Toby while she was bathed in this flustering brilliance of light and noise.
From Coquette by Frank Swinnerton
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