be out of sorts

Example Sentences

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Rangnick will also have noted that for all United's defensive intentions in that first half, they were careless in possession and invited Chelsea pressure, especially Bruno Fernandes as he continues to be out of sorts.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2021

So would you be out of sorts if you'd lost your run and had to pick a young woman out of the water.

From The Eustace Diamonds by Trollope, Anthony

Some night he will be out of sorts and find it hard to go to sleep.

From The Patient Observer And His Friends by Strunsky, Simeon

After a while the Blue-gum said rather crossly, "You seem to be out of sorts this morning."

From A Book for Kids by Dennis, C. J. (Clarence James)

You would as soon expect a pine-tree to be out of sorts, as his hard, honest face, and muscular frame.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 436 Volume 17, New Series, May 8, 1852 by Chambers, Robert