put out of joint
Example Sentences
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Many noses were put out of joint in the process, but corrective surgery had been long overdue.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2022
It's not just the drivers' noses that are being put out of joint by the FIA at the moment.
From BBC ● May 7, 2022
As you hint, she clearly had her nose put out of joint when she discovered your family doing their bit.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 30, 2015
A lot of noses were put out of joint with Lean In, and the beneficiary of the derision, as always, is those who deride the whole feminist enterprise.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 4, 2013
The whole rhythm of habit would be put out of joint.
From Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough by A. G. (Alfred George) Gardiner
