fluster

Example Sentences

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Never over those previous eight games did the Lakers fluster Nikola Jokic like they did Saturday, forcing the three-time MVP into firing passes off of cutters’ knees or into the front row.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2025

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

In a fluster of self-consciousness he turned his back, dropped a hot coal into the nest of charcoal in the furnace and began to blow on it vigorously.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw