put out of countenance
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You sing a sad song," said Robin; "and I, who am happy, am put out of countenance by it.
From Robin Hood by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
Yet the autumn, too, has its delicate blooms, though they are overshadowed and, as it were, put out of countenance by the coarser growths which must be said to characterize the harvest season.
From The Foot-path Way by Bradford Torrey
To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Infidelity stalked over the land with a giant stride, to which the mincing pace of the fooleries of Fanny Wright can bear no comparison; and virtue and good order were almost put out of countenance.
From The Olden Time Series, Vol. 3: New-England Sunday Gleanings Chiefly From Old Newspapers Of Boston And Salem, Massachusetts by Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks
O, let him alone, dear joy, I am of a nation that is not easily put out of countenance.
From The Beaux-Stratagem A comedy in five acts by George Farquhar
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