was flustering
- past progressive of fluster.
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile Nunziata Villari in Milan was flustering the maid Marietta over the packing of her trunks, and getting ready to leave for her twelve performances in England.
From The Devourers by Chartres, Annie Vivanti