out of heart
out of heart prepositional phrase: discouraged.
Prepositional phrase
- Discouraged.
- [He] perceyuing the most part of the Brytaynes and Scottes to be but newe Souldiers, taken vp of late to fil the numbers, knew that by proceeding tyme they woulde be soone out of heart, throughe watching and euill harborough, in such sort that in the ende they shoulde be easie ynough to deale with:1571, “The Historie of Scotlande”, in Holinshed’s Chronicles, London: John Hunne, page 33
- “[…] heaven knows how much longer we may have to wait. Poor Edward! It puts him quite out of heart.”1811, Jane Austen, chapter 20, in Sense and Sensibility, volume 1, London: T. Egerton, page 308
Examples of out of heart in a sentence
- […] he looked out of heart and very weary, having been all night afoot, either standing watch or doctoring the wounded.1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 11, in Kidnapped, New York: Scribner, page 102:
- He always expected everyone to be out of heart.1979, Cormac McCarthy, chapter 24, in Suttree, New York: Random House:
Questions about out of heart
- What does out of heart mean?
- Out of heart means discouraged.
- How do you use out of heart in a sentence?
- […] he looked out of heart and very weary, having been all night afoot, either standing watch or doctoring the wounded.
- What part of speech is out of heart?
- Out of heart is a prepositional phrase.
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