put out of countenance
Example Sentences
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You sing a sad song," said Robin; "and I, who am happy, am put out of countenance by it.
From Robin Hood by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)
But his questioner was not put out of countenance.
From Broken to the Plow by Dobie, Charles Caldwell
O, let him alone, dear joy, I am of a nation that is not easily put out of countenance.
From The Beaux-Stratagem A comedy in five acts by Farquhar, George
The immovable pedlar was by no means put out of countenance by this discovery.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 by Various
Steptoe was not often put out of countenance, but it seemed to have happened now.
From The Dust Flower by Kline, Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren)
