put out of countenance
Example Sentences
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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 Torrey, Bradford
"Indeed—I am; very much so—" replied the General, visibly put out of countenance by the calmness and easy manners of the galley-slave.
From The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 by Sue, Eug?ne
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.
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
He was not in the least put out of countenance by her unexpected presence, and she felt a fleeting sense of disappointment, almost of pique.
From Broken to the Plow by Dobie, Charles Caldwell
