Piotrovsky seemed thrown off balance.
The charcuterie plate, for example, seemed thrown together.
Couples and Singh seemed thrown off by the frequent delays.
(Her bigotry seemed thrown into stark relief on this new reading too, but that's another story).
But he seemed thrown by Mr. Franks's aggressiveness tonight, and he never quite relaxed and gained his footing.
The defense seemed thrown by the appearance of Ms. Dallas, who was added to the witness list only last week, and they closely questioned her and her son.
On stage, Mr. Obama seemed thrown off as Mr. Romney emphasized elements of his agenda that seemed more moderate and was surprised that the moderator, Jim Lehrer of PBS, did not pose more pointed questions.
Frank Antenori, a Republican state senator from what is now the southern part of the district who is planning to run for the seat, seemed thrown by the new development.
At first glance the program, which paired Mr. Glass with the singer and songwriter Stephin Merritt and the avant-garde trumpeter Nate Wooley, seemed thrown together, a shaggy grab bag.
But the event seemed thrown together to blunt the new ad campaign from IBM. Worst of all, I can't believe Microsoft actually held this big nonevent "event" only a few days before announcing another screw-up in Vista.
