put out of countenance
Example Sentences
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Infidelity stalked over the land with a giant stride, to which the mincing pace of the fooleries of Fanny Wright can bear no comparison; and virtue and good order were almost put out of countenance.
From The Olden Time Series, Vol. 3: New-England Sunday Gleanings Chiefly From Old Newspapers Of Boston And Salem, Massachusetts by Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)
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)
The Christian is not put out of countenance by this show of contempt.
From The Pursuit of God by Tozer, A. W. (Aiden Wilson)
But Bones was not to be put out of countenance by so small a thing as an icy glance.
From Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country by Wallace, Edgar
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.
