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

I know I must be out of sorts, because all day yesterday I was wretched and miserable at my misspent life and squandered abilities.

From A Rent In A Cloud by Lever, Charles James

Like most old people, he liked his ease, and was apt to be out of sorts, if meals were kept waiting.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 by Various

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

After a while the Blue-gum said rather crossly, "You seem to be out of sorts this morning."

From A Book for Kids by Dennis, C. J. (Clarence James)