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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 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 Oxley, J. Macdonald (James Macdonald)

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 Stockton, Frank Richard

It had flustered me greatly, but she only laughed ringingly and delightsomely as I backed out of the room.

From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.