put out of countenance
Example Sentences
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It was Stonor who was put out of countenance, “Miss Starling is going with us,” he said, with a heavy scowl.
From The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] by Footner, Hulbert
He is never at a loss or put out of countenance.
From Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
Frederick, put out of countenance by the crowd of personages assembled around him, was at a loss for an answer.
From Sentimental Education Vol 1 by Flaubert, Gustave
The stranger uttered this with the moan of a bassoon in agony, and fixed his eyes on Pendennis so steadily, that the poor lad was quite put out of countenance.
From A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy by Thackeray, William Makepeace
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
