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out of sorts

ADJECTIVE
in a bad humor
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So was I a little out of sorts?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

But Shiffrin has been out of sorts and now heads into the slalom at real risk of leaving northern Italy with a repeat of her Beijing Olympics disaster four years ago.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Reaves looked out of sorts when he entered with 5:23 remaining in the first quarter.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

Robertson looked off the pace; John McGinn was out of sorts; McTominay, despite his goal, looked a pale imitation of last season when tearing it up in Italy.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025

This traveling has her feeling out of sorts.’

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis




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