out of countenance
Example Sentences
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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
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 Harding, Ellison
The woman who was with my aunt was a tall, loosely-built person, with iron-grey hair, a square determined jaw, and eyes which looked as if they could have stared the Sphinx right out of countenance.
From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Marsh, Richard
Outgaze, owt-gāz′, v.t. to stare out of countenance: to gaze farther than.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
I had heard of looking wild animals out of countenance, and determined to try the experiment, before resorting to any other decisive measures.
From The Captive in Patagonia by Bourne, Benjamin Franklin
