fluster
verb (used with object)
to put into a state of agitated confusion.
had flustered
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past perfectof fluster.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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“You and I both know that ain’t going to happen,” Coach Bob Huggins said Saturday night after his West Virginia Mountaineers had flustered, frustrated and pummeled Kentucky.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2010
It had flustered me greatly, but she only laughed ringingly and delightsomely as I backed out of the room.
From The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough
Far from minding, Maria was pleased; it pleased her to know that his niece's conduct had flustered him.
From The Captain's Toll-Gate by Frank Richard Stockton
It was not a difficult thing to do, but the sudden excitement after the wearisome waiting had flustered him.
From Ti-Ti-Pu A Boy of Red River by J. Macdonald (James Macdonald) Oxley
