(1) Vatican officials appear to have been flummoxed after Pope Francis was presented with a communist crucifix depicting Jesus nailed to a hammer and sickle by Bolivia’s president Evo Morales.
(2) Was he not doing something to keep you off?” He went on: “He seemed to catch you with some good right hands early in the fight, did you feel his power?” Then, finally, he added: “So you’re saying you thought you were up in the fight and that’s why you didn’t step up the pace in the 11th and 12th rounds.” Pacquiao seemed flummoxed by the direct line of questioning, and even this usually unfailingly polite competitor betrayed his annoyance by the end of the interview.
(3) The tie was level for only four minutes, as Nugent popped up again , nodding home from a corner having flummoxed his marker to make it 2-1 to the visitors on aggregate, only for Vydra, arguably the division’s best player that season, to draw Watford back level 20 minutes into the second half , finishing neatly after a one-two with Deeney, which was the way it stayed until five minutes into injury-time, with extra-time seemingly a certainty.
(4) Republicans led the applause when he made a reference to abortion, invoking the need to “protect and defend human life at every stage of its development”, only to be flummoxed when he swiftly moved on to condemn the death penalty and excessive jail terms.
(5) Tareq and Michaele Salahi have Washington society aghast, and the Secret Service in a flummox, after sashaying into the White House, posing for photos with everyone from the vice-president to the marine guards, then posting the pictures on Facebook under the factually challenged caption: "I was honoured to be invited."
(6) The Glasgow Effect” was a term coined by academics flummoxed at why the city had significantly higher levels of ill health and premature death than other UK cities possessing similar social challenges.
(7) This was also the case at a North Korean restaurant in Beijing, where the staff said they were rooting for their nation in South Africa but were flummoxed by questions about which player they preferred.
(8) Carson, briefly a frontrunner , seemed flummoxed throughout the debate, and was a non-factor.
(9) My effort in introducing them was to find a solution that reflected common ground and fixed the problem.” Asked to respond in his interview with Fox, Cruz appeared somewhat flummoxed.
(10) The home substitute Dan Burn was flummoxed by a clever header across field, which bought the forward space in which to charge, and he finished calmly through Maarten Stekelenburg's legs.
(11) Have you ever seen Chelsea win an appeal?” The Burnley manager, Sean Dyche, professed to being “absolutely flummoxed” by Mourinho’s suggestion that decisions had more to do with the result than Burnley’s performance but said he would study all four incidents.
(12) Dr Math : interactive tutoring Sitting down to do maths homework is already an uphill challenge, especially when the questions are flummoxing.
(13) This demonstrates what we actually all know; the people that run our country are no different from us, flawed and flailing they flummox and flounder their way through the day.
(14) Maliphant felt the rehearsals were moving too fast; Lepage was flummoxed by their slowness.
(15) Perhaps today would be a good moment for David Cameron to flummox rightwing orthodoxy by declaring there is no such thing as "the market".
(16) In the Kennebunkport general store, HB Provisions, there is still a surprised delight that George HW Bush agreed to serve as a witness at the same-sex marriage of its two owners, Bonnie Clement and Helen Thorgalsen, in 2013 – a scenario that has flummoxed many candidates in the current crop of conservatives .
(17) Flummoxed by the minefields of dating and fashion, she had "systematically studied" Just Seventeen magazine and the 1995 dating bestseller, The Rules.
(18) His inability to define it flummoxed officials, as he issued nothing but stirring anecdotes of good citizens – of whom, thankfully, there have always been many.
(19) The decision now appears to flummox him: “I thought I could write anywhere, but it was too peaceful, just too … nice.
(20) None of the executives at RBS or HBOS, the two most prominent casualties of the crisis, would talk to the Guardian for this series but it was clear from the testimony of Andy Hornby, HBOS's chief executive, and Lord Stevenson, its chairman, to parliamentary committees that they were completely flummoxed – and terrified – when they found that the wholesale markets were closed for business.
Flustered
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Fluster
Example Sentences:
(1) But isn't there a bit of him that wants to gloat; to tell all the kids who thought he was a nerd that he's now this babe magnet, this sex god, this… And now he really is flushed and flustered.
(2) Ben Mee was too flustered to risk a challenge, with Hazard easily cutting inside and curling a delicious shot into the far corner of Tom Heaton’s net.
(3) Graham Linehan , when we meet as the others grab sandwiches, is flustered from traffic but more so, I suspect, from, at the moment, being the ghost at the feast.
(4) While the shop assistants are aware they're playing the role of knicker pimp, of jolly hostess, I wonder if the male customers are aware of their own role, a role learned from the 1970s: flustered man in lingerie department.
(5) It was clear that McGregor’s barbs were getting at Diaz, who grew increasingly flustered and struggled to muster replies that went beyond a barrage of expletives.
(6) Romney refused to be flustered by the protesters, saying they had a right to express their views, but he brought his speech to an abrupt end soon afterwards, possibly to avoid any further disruption.
(7) A police officer at its north-east corner told a crowd of flustered tourists that there was an "activity" in the square and that it would be closed indefinitely.
(8) In 2004, George W Bush appeared flustered when asked to name three mistakes he had made as president.
(9) Now we’ve been told that the Egyptian government is arguing with David Cameron,” she demanded of the flustered ambassador, shooting back as he tried to answer: “Now you are stuttering.” Earlier Casson had told reporters: “No they haven’t [blocked the flights].
(10) Intercepting the ball in central midfield, the Serb rampaged through and beyond four flustered Dynamo players and into the area.
(11) Hazard had been a constant menace, flustering Arsenal to the extent that Mathieu Flamini strayed dangerously close to turning one of his crosses into his own net, and Wenger was entitled to be disappointed that his team did not do more to look for rustiness in Petr Cech, the replacement for Courtois.
(12) Obama more than matched Romney and ended the stronger of the two on the night, leaving the Republican candidate looking flustered at times, particularly over Libya.
(13) But as he began a flustered and angry speech, Griffin already knew that worse was to come.
(14) But a flustered Sanders failed to point out that Clinton had attended a fundraiser in Philadelphia hosted by hedge fund managers only last week.
(15) The PSG full-back Serge Aurier became incredibly flustered with the Chelsea striker, who received a boot to the leg for his troubles after an arm was robustly thrown into the Ivorian’s face, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic decided the best way to reintroduce himself to John Terry was to put an elbow into his head just moments before putting Laurent Blanc’s team into the lead.
(16) But the bloke on the other side of the net also doesn't look particularly flustered.
(17) It was election night and David Dimbleby had a cabinet minister on the line: "Now," he said, momentarily flustered, "here is ... Ed Ball's wife."
(18) The tension eased, with England were far from flustered on the pitch as they ran out comfortable winners to claim their 10th victory of Group E. They are the sixth team to achieve 100% success in a European Championship qualifying campaign and, while they have not confronted particularly daunting opponents, Hodgson welcomed the recovery from the ignominy of Brazil.
(19) He's been due one…Beckerman hoists a long ball forward for Findley to chase and he duly flusters Futty Danso as he tries to shepherd the ball.
(20) Not have their identity overlooked with a fluster of fake smiles, feathers and "fabulous, darling".