The teacher would try to fluster the students by giving difficult questions on the test. From LearnThat.org.
But th 'owd lad wur i' sich a fluster, that istid o 'stoppin' it, he swapped th 'barrel to another tune. From Wordnik.com. [Th' Barrel Organ] Reference
He obviously liked to fluster her, Maddie thought. From Wordnik.com. [Annie, Get Your Guy & Messing Around With Max]
Instead, he kept coming up ways to fluster Federer. From Wordnik.com. [Federer LOSES, Djokovic Moves To U.S. Open 2010 Finals] Reference
Beauregard and Co. The South is in a fluster, boys. From Wordnik.com. [The Gallant Twenty-Eighth] Reference
"Told you so!" gasped the latter in a desperate fluster. From Wordnik.com. [Bart Stirling's Road to Success Or, The Young Express Agent] Reference
Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent. From Wordnik.com. [rainandfire Diary Entry] Reference
The parish need not have been in such a fluster with Molly. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling] Reference
I began to fluster about him before his knees hit the carpet. From Wordnik.com. [A Letter of Mary]
"I'm not to that part yet," said Hunch, beginning to fluster. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
And I strode out of the shop into Pall Mall in a mighty fluster. From Wordnik.com. [The Virginians] Reference
"I think you're the first chap to fluster Hardy," Jellison said. From Wordnik.com. [Lucifer's Hammer]
Miss Coleman, getting up in a fluster, went hurrying to the door. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
I have seen that man in situations that would fluster the best of us. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2005] Reference
But his interruption served not to help the girl but fluster her more. From Wordnik.com. [Alvin Journeyman]
There were some titters at that, which seemed to fluster her a little. From Wordnik.com. [Alvin Journeyman]
Came all in a fluster — dinner, bowl of punch, and put the horses to. From Wordnik.com. [Lay Morals] Reference
Her look lingered on his missing leg, but he did not let it fluster him. From Wordnik.com. [Ship Of Destiny]
He must pull himself together, not let these spying eyes note his fluster. From Wordnik.com. [Ultima Thule] Reference
LEMON: Plus, they may be tiny, but they can fluster even the savviest grownup. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 6, 2007] Reference
NAOMI BEDFORD: I think he's letting the critics fluster him just a little bit. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 9, 2009] Reference
"But what is happening, what is the Bridle Path?" she asked in a great fluster. From Wordnik.com. [Claiming Of Sleeping Beauty]
"Bless my accident policy, Tom! what's this I hear?" he asked, all in a fluster. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters, or, Battling with Flames from the Air] Reference
He was met by old Martha, who seemed to be in a tremendous fluster about something. From Wordnik.com. [Austin and His Friends] Reference
She stood silent and patient, but did not let his apparent disinterest fluster her. From Wordnik.com. [Ship Of Magic]
And it was generally plain that the ladies of the house were in a tremendous fluster. From Wordnik.com. [Carnacki, the Ghost Finder] Reference
The look Young Marius flashed him was angry, but not angry enough to fluster his thinking. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
So I sat down in the window, all in a sad fluster; for, to be sure, I was sadly frightened. —. From Wordnik.com. [Pamela] Reference
I caught a glimpse of the first fluster/bluster from Baucus on C-Span as I hurried out the door. From Wordnik.com. [Interview with Dr. Margaret Flowers, Arrested Tuesday on Capitol Hill, part two] Reference
Whatever fluster he had exhibited upon their parting the previous night was now nowhere evident. From Wordnik.com. [From This Beloved Hour]
This seemed to fluster her, and Bosch immediately regretted the way he had phrased the question. From Wordnik.com. [Trunk Music]
In a well-meaning fluster, she appeared on Myra's doorstep, offering to help in any way she could. From Wordnik.com. [Incubus]
Did you see the fluster that your father got into, Mary, when he heard that Sarah McMinn was coming over?. From Wordnik.com. [The Drone A Play in Three Acts] Reference
A Blair EU presidency is not (yet) regarded as probable, but the prospect already has Westminster in a fluster. From Wordnik.com. [The Tories’ push to scupper President Blair is the highest form of flattery] Reference
Caro saw it; in an uncharacteristic fluster, she flapped her hands at Elizabeth — Edward was still under the marquee. From Wordnik.com. [The Ideal Bride]
I can only believe that you had your mind made up to try to fluster him; and when it didn't work, you went ahead and pretended that it did. From Wordnik.com. [Donald Ray Pollock: An Open Letter to Joe the Plumber from Don the Factory Worker] Reference
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