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as in embarrassed
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
Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
Why does Self sound flustered with the situation after games, then flustered with the people talking about the situation in between games?
—Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2026
At one point in the first half, a Utah ball handler couldn’t get past Bidunga to drive to the basket, and while flustered, threw the ball backward to a teammate.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
There’s also a chance that holiday or spring break fliers are not as familiar with the TSA rules, which can create a bottleneck of flustered passengers scrambling to take out their laptops right at the conveyor belt.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
Why does Self sound flustered with the situation after games, then flustered with the people talking about the situation in between games?
—Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Verb
The Huskies flustered the Horned Frogs with a zone in the first half, limiting their dribble penetration off the pick-and-roll as TCU went into halftime with just 19 points.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2026
At one point in the first half, a Utah ball handler couldn’t get past Bidunga to drive to the basket, and while flustered, threw the ball backward to a teammate.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flustered
Adjective
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Like shea butter, aloe has soothing properties that may help calm flaky, dry or irritated scalps.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
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Miranda is a riff on Vogue’s former editor in chief Anna Wintour, who used to be irritated by her caricature but eventually came around.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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That this series has flipped on its head seemed almost impossible last Sunday, when the Celtics embarrassed Philadelphia in a Game 4 win on the Sixers’ home floor.—
Tobias Bass,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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The Mets were embarrassed by the Washington Nationals in an 14-2 blowout to even up the series at one game apiece.—
James O'Connell,
New York Daily News,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Quenneville was the next huge piece of the puzzle, and the three-time Stanley Cup winner as a head coach has guided the Ducks to a first-round postseason upset.—
Greg Beacham,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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The Minnesota Timberwolves, or what is left of them, also advanced with an upset win against the Denver Nuggets.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
Verb
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But when an audition for the sixth film came through, he was initially confused by the prospect of rejoining a franchise in which his character had already died.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
2 May 2026
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Not to be confused with German tiny camper van builder Alpincamper, Switzerland's Alpencamper is a small upstart dedicated to bicycle camping trailers.—
C.C. Weiss
May 01,
New Atlas,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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In the draft room, Bisciotti looked nervous as the pick approached, worried another team — or even his own GM — might snag Randall.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Some nervous Democrats and their allies worry that language could thwart installation of a Democratic majority in the next Congress.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Spirit Airlines, the scrappy discounter that once rattled the industry with cheeky ads and rock-bottom fares, took its final flight after 34 years of upending the business of flying.—
Bernard Condon,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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Her sudden disappearance in 1991 rattled residents of Granite Bay, a suburb of Sacramento where the 35-year-old mother of two had gone to clean her sister’s home, investigators said.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
Adjective
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The antipsychotic drug chlorpromazine, derived from a clothing dye called methylene blue, was first tested on agitated and delusional patients in 1952.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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Trump has long agitated for changes at CNN, and few expect his Justice Department to block the transaction.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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 7 May. 2026.
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