out of spirits
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Lady Catherine observed, after dinner, that Miss Bennet seemed out of spirits, and immediately accounting for it herself, by supposing that she did not like to go home again so soon, she added:
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
“You seem out of spirits today, Lady Kaltain.”
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
Oh, don't you know, Mr. Longcluse, that people are out of spirits sometimes, and now and then a little offended with all the world?
From Checkmate by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
"My poor sister is a bit out of spirits this evening," said Barrington, who merely saw a certain show of constraint over his company, and never guessed the cause.
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
Dinner was not a cheerful meal: all were out of spirits, and each had his or her own reasons.
From A Russian Gentleman by S. T. (Sergei Timofeevich) Aksakov
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