put out of countenance
Example Sentences
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To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
But his questioner was not put out of countenance.
From Broken to the Plow by Dobie, Charles Caldwell
Pani Krzycki, on the other hand, was put out of countenance by the candor of the reply, so that at first she was silent.
From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Meanwhile the judges, for a moment put out of countenance, had recovered their usual bearing, and the Bishop of Beauvais, drying his eyes, began to read the act of condemnation.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter
The stranger uttered this with the moan of a bassoon in agony, and fixed his eyes on Pendennis so steadily, that the poor lad was quite put out of countenance.
From A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy by Thackeray, William Makepeace
