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
"I'm sorry, Mademoiselle Rose, to be out of sorts, but I feel very upset."
From A Royal Prisoner by Pierre Souvestre
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 Robert Chambers
But on L'Bawpfey these men of the Church had reason to be out of sorts.
From Rastignac the Devil by Philip José Farmer
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 Anthony Trollope
