out of countenance
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“Yes, Jo, I think your harvest will be a good one,” began Mrs. March, frightening away a big black cricket that was staring Teddy out of countenance.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
I answered; but I was a little out of countenance.
From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Stanley J. Weyman
I never was so out of countenance in my life.
From The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
He put me out of countenance by staring at me with open-mouthed wonder and then bursting into an uncontrolled roar of laughter.
From The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian by Ellison Harding
Vaughan said nothing, but a little out of countenance looked at the floor.
From Chippinge Borough by Stanley J. Weyman
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