put out of countenance

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Mrs. Willoughby seemed put out of countenance by Drake's reply.

From The Philanderers by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

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

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)

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

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