fluster
verb (used with object)
to put into a state of agitated confusion.
have flustered
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present perfectof fluster.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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If this were still the primary, Raman would have flustered her way to a non-answer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Wilcox has done it in the past to the Huskies, coming up with defensive game plans that have flustered Washington.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
Jeff Miller’s prediction: Few teams complicate the forecasting process quite like the Chargers, who have flustered bettors for years with their up-and-down performances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2022
Fine—but none of of those things, one must concede, are of the sort that have flustered Stewart before.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 11, 2015
It must have flustered him, because he left his briefcase behind when he went out to the vigil.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
