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

Surely Selby must be out of sorts to talk like that.

From The Cock-House at Fellsgarth by Reed, Talbot Baines

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

"You seem to be out of sorts to-night," said his friend.

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

"Don't you know what it is to be out of sorts?"

From A Crooked Path A Novel by Alexander, Mrs.