flustered

• “The landlord indeed spoke a little thick, and the texts of Mr. Thomas Trumbull stumbled on his tongue; but Nanty was one of those topers, who, becoming early what bon vivants term flustered, remain whole nights and days at the same point of intoxication; and, in fact, as they are seldom entirely sober, can be as rarely seen absolutely drunk.”

  Redgauntlet

• “Nor does he seem to think before he answers questions or spews out a response in flustered nutty incoherence and therefore sets himself up for ridicule by the press.”

  Think Progress » Sen. Lamar Alexander ♥ David Horowitz

• “Picking up where they left off last season as the NFL's No. 1 ranked defense, the Buccaneers again flustered Eagles star quarterback Donovan McNabb, who threw for just 148 yards and was intercepted once.”

  USATODAY.com

• “The word flustered had been invented for moments like this.”

  Cradle and All

• “At the Burien forum, Marcee did bring up an objection about the slant of the questions, but didn't seem "flustered" to me when doing so.”

  Marcee Stone: Campaign Finance Activist Makes Her Case in the 34th « PubliCola

• “I was kind of flustered, '' said Gonzaga's Austin Daye who scored 10 points, three below his average, in 29 minutes.”

  USATODAY.com

• “I was kind of flustered, because I couldn't find the right room, and ended up showing up at about 10: 31, just as the guy came out of his office to look for me.”

  ana-ng Diary Entry

• “She got kind of flustered and said that it was a different situation but couldn't explain why.”

  Disagree With Walmart's Bike Policy? Take Off Your Clothes In Protest! - The Consumerist

• “Thank you so much for all your help and advice, it was great to have so many people give me their thoughts on what I should get, and I went to the sewing machine shop armed with info and questions - and didn't feel like a complete spanner, or get flustered which is what usually happens!”

  Archive 2008-05-01

• “Mr. Karmazin described Mr. McCall as "flustered," and said he did a”

  Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Remind Me, Why is Dick Grasso on Trial?

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