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to throw into a state of self-conscious distress
was flustered when her parents dragged out her baby pictures for her new boyfriend
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Recent Examples of flustered
Edward Segarra, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Imanaga looked flustered when Counsell visited the mound without the pitcher’s interpreter, buying time until reliever Daniel Palencia was ready to take over in the third inning.
—Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
In the interview, which was published Thursday, Roberts recalled becoming flustered ahead of her first encounter with Sevigny.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
At the time, a flustered Griffin blanched at the question and noted that her mother-in-law was in the studio audience.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Imanaga looked flustered when Counsell visited the mound without the pitcher’s interpreter, buying time until reliever Daniel Palencia was ready to take over in the third inning.
—Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
From the second possession onward, the Chiefs’ defense flustered Lamar Jackson, generating two turnovers for the second straight matchup.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
In the interview, which was published Thursday, Roberts recalled becoming flustered ahead of her first encounter with Sevigny.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flustered
Adjective
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Also, steer clear of areas that are red, irritated, sore (from a workout), or that contain stretch marks or tattoos.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
5 Nov. 2025
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Of course, users can still manually turn off their PCs through the regular shutdown button, but the sometimes erratic behavior from the OS has irritated users.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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French authorities have arrested several suspects after a frantic manhunt for the men who staged a spectacular daytime heist at the Louvre museum that gripped the world and embarrassed the government in Paris.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Revolution provided a brief scare through a 59th-minute goal from Dor Turgeman, who embarrassed a defender before curling home a spectacular effort, but Inter Miami broke the tie almost immediately after the strike that made the score 2-1.—
Franco Panizo,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Mamdani's win was seen as an upset to the establishment, since the 67-year-old Cuomo is the son of a three-time New York governor and held the position himself for a decade beginning in 2011.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
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Boise State fans could have been upset when they were upset at home by Fresno State as their season continued to slide away from them.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The Farmers’ Almanac will be gone for good after its final 2026 edition, not to be confused with The Old Farmer's Almanac, a separate publication.—
Alex Perry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Nov. 2025
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Blue Origin also launches New Shepard from Texas The New Glenn spacecraft is not to be confused with Blue Origin's much smaller New Shepard rocket that the company launches from West Texas on brief trips taking paying passengers high above Earth's atmosphere.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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In 2024, Mark looked nervous watching Grace compete in a horse show.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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Senior dogs, puppies, or nervous rescues may require specialized care.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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But the message has rattled producers and sales agents who rely on foreign subsidies, soft money and multi-territory deals to make budgets work.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
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At the same time, Paramount has rattled its sabre in the sector, nodding to a strategy of building up a streaming business executives hope will compete with Netflix, Google and Amazon.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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On a tech podcast released last weekend, Altman appeared to grow agitated when host Brad Gerstner asked how OpenAI would fund the commitments given current revenues.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
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Lairmore, one of only two witnesses called, testified that officers perceived a potential threat from an agitated Dunn.—
Andrew Goudsward,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Dickinson appeared somewhere between perturbed and seething.—
Phil Thompson,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Flustered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flustered. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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