be out of sorts

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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

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 Chambers, Robert

Both men appeared to be out of sorts.

From The Rover Boys Under Canvas or The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine by Stratemeyer, Edward

Surely Selby must be out of sorts to talk like that.

From The Cock-House at Fellsgarth by Reed, Talbot Baines

"Don't you know what it is to be out of sorts?"

From A Crooked Path A Novel by Alexander, Mrs.