out of spirits
Example Sentences
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“You seem out of spirits today, Lady Kaltain.”
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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
As she watched old Lone Star being saddled, and saw Joe Warton looking glum and out of spirits, she experienced a feeling of something like remorse.
From Luck at the Diamond Fields by Dalrymple J. Belgrave
He had for years been haunted by the fear of madness, and whenever he felt low and out of spirits this fear of insanity had almost overpowered him.
From The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
I'm cursedly out of spirits; but hang sorrow, I may as well divert myself.—"'Tis meat and drink for me to see a clown."
From Wild Oats or, The Strolling Gentlemen by Anonymous
