FLUSTER in a Sentence

Learn FLUSTER from example sentences, some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

For FLUSTER, below is one of 10 sentences:
That evening when Kennicott took her to call on the crochety Lyman Casses, their hosts seemed flustered at their arrival.

Free Online Vocabulary Test
K12, SAT, GRE, IELTS, TOEFL
 Input your word:
Search Sentence
Want to search a word in classic works?
Search Classic Quotes
 Meanings and Examples of FLUSTER
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
fluster
 v.  confuse; hot and rosy, as with drinking; be in a heat or bustle; be agitated
Classic Sentence:
1  In fact, he held the whip hand of the situation so completely that she was as flustered as a girl at her first proposal and she could only blush and stammer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
2  That evening when Kennicott took her to call on the crochety Lyman Casses, their hosts seemed flustered at their arrival.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
3  She was flustered, but he gave no sign of kissing her again.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
4  She came to him somewhat excited and curious and flustered.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
5  Tom stood still, rather flustered by this onslaught.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
6  Nevertheless, I am in a dream, a flustered, happy, hurried dream.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 43. ANOTHER RETROSPECT
7  Eliza, who is exquisitely dressed, produces an impression of such remarkable distinction and beauty as she enters that they all rise, quite flustered.
Pygmalion By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT III
Example Sentence:
1  The teacher's sudden question should fluster him and he stammered his reply.
2  The honking of horns flustered the boy.
3  The General refused to be flustered.