put out of countenance
Example Sentences
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Frederick, put out of countenance by the crowd of personages assembled around him, was at a loss for an answer.
From Sentimental Education Vol 1 by Flaubert, Gustave
If he was detected he was never put out of countenance, but evaded the matter with a jest, which he had always at hand.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
I am positively in pain for the dishes, and cannot help thinking they have consciousness, and will be put out of countenance, he treats them so like what they are not.
From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Lamb, Charles
He was not a society man, but he seemed to have taken the resolution not to be put out of countenance.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various
But his questioner was not put out of countenance.
From Broken to the Plow by Dobie, Charles Caldwell
