How to Use fluster in a Sentence

fluster

verb

• The interruption flustered the speaker.
• Some speakers fluster more easily than others.
• He didn’t get flustered by the homer and just looked in synch out there.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 9 May 2023
• The crowd that seemed to fluster Rothchild into his fault last year was silent most of the way this year.
  — Jake Lourim, Philly.com, 2 June 2017
• The Huskies owned the first half against the Wildcats, who were clearly flustered by UW’s zone.
  — Matt Calkins, The Seattle Times, 3 Feb. 2018
• So the front four have to get home if the Colts are going to fluster a quarterback.
  — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Oct. 2020
• Many of the questions seemed to leave the CEO flustered as members of the committee dug in.
  — Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 24 Oct. 2019
• Alcaraz then used a series of kick serves to fluster Djokovic and held at love for a 6-5 lead.
  — Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 7 May 2022
• The Bulldogs were flustered by long-armed defenders on the perimeter and at the rim.
  — David Woods, Indianapolis Star, 28 Feb. 2018
• Throughout the attempts, I was also struck that nothing seemed to fluster the AI.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 25 May 2023
• So far, at 8 years old, my son hasn't shown any signs of disquiet or fluster around the topic of his race.
  — Nicole Blades, Good Housekeeping, 3 Aug. 2017
• He was flustered by the Broncos defense, and couldn’t rally the Cowboys.
  — Drew Davison, star-telegram, 24 Sep. 2017
• Georgetown was flustered at times in the second half by Butler’s full-court press but was steady enough to retain the lead.
  — David Woods, Indianapolis Star, 13 Feb. 2018
• The Pacers expect to play better there than here, of course, and aren't flustered by James' breakout.
  — J. Michael, Indianapolis Star, 19 Apr. 2018
• The Knicks had been switching on screens throughout the game — a shift that had flustered the Celtics at times — and this instance was no different.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2019
• He was poised, respectful, and didn’t appear to be caught off guard or flustered by any of the questions thrown at him.
  — Kurt Wagner, Recode, 12 Apr. 2018
• Still, Auburn didn’t panic or appear flustered at any point during the game and was able to scratch out the win, which Pearl said was a good sign for his team.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 13 Dec. 2019
• Young got flustered in one game and tried to do too much in another — and raised his scoring average in the process.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, kansascity, 21 Jan. 2018
• Expect the Broncos to force some turnovers and fluster Mayfield on Christmas Day.
  — Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2022
• Paul Mescal is just like us: flustered by Pedro Pascal!
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023
• Using a series of drop shots and lobs to fluster Court, Riggs won the match easily.
  — Mike Miller, PEOPLE.com, 28 Sep. 2017
• Eighteen months ago, Sajid was flustered by the influx of Chinese prospectors.
  — Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
• Flustered a little, Altavilla’s next pitch was a belt high fastball that split the plate — not ideal.
  — Ryan Divish, The Seattle Times, 21 June 2017
• The Tampa Bay Rays had just won again Tuesday night, but their architect was flustered by a small crack in the foundation.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 4 May 2023
• Both are struggling, but Pittsburgh is at home in prime time, and its defense will have something dialed up to fluster Justin Fields.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
• In the first half the Horned Frogs were successful in flustering the freshman.
  — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Jan. 2026
• The run-in may have been awkward on-screen, but Franceschini wasn't flustered.
  — Colleen Kratofil, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
• Pinnick in a series of plays can fluster his coaches for extending a play when maybe throwing the ball away might be wiser.
  — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 13 Dec. 2025
• Seattle sacked Lawrence a career-high seven times and flustered him all game.
  — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
• But Brozena was not flustered, winning 16 and 18 to end the match.
  — Boston Herald Staff, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2025