put out of countenance
Example Sentences
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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 Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)
Charles was facetious, and was not to be put out of countenance for such a trifle.
From Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society by Allyn, Jack
The old Judge looked at him, quite put out of countenance.
From The Chief Justice A Novel by Franzos, Karl Emil
Steptoe was not often put out of countenance, but it seemed to have happened now.
From The Dust Flower by Kline, Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren)
After the way Charley had acted he had no scruples in doing so; he would not have been at all put out of countenance had Charley come in.
From The Deaves Affair by Footner, Hulbert
