put out of countenance
Example Sentences
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Yet the autumn, too, has its delicate blooms, though they are overshadowed and, as it were, put out of countenance by the coarser growths which must be said to characterize the harvest season.
From The Foot-path Way by Torrey, Bradford
But his questioner was not put out of countenance.
From Broken to the Plow by Dobie, Charles Caldwell
He was not a society man, but he seemed to have taken the resolution not to be put out of countenance.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various
I am no ogre, I hope,” exclaimed the gentleman, rather put out of countenance at this outburst.
From Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans by Emerson, Alice B.
He has got nothing on his mind, eh?'—turning round so abruptly that Mildred was put out of countenance.
From Heriot's Choice A Tale by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
