"Out of practice" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... The match began. Out of practice at first, uncertain, he missed several times the little bounding thing which is to be ...
— Ramuntcho • Pierre Loti
... reason of his own, wants a revolver in the house. He hopes he shall never have to shoot with it, but for fear he may need one he buys it. The chances are ninety-nine in one hundred that he has never been a marksman, or if he was he is so much out of practice that he could not hit a door off hand, and with his nerves steady. I show him a good revolver at $2.50, or a double action bull-dog at $3. But he asks, 'Have you Smith & Wesson's?' Of course I have; single action $9.35; ...
— A Man of Samples • Wm. H. Maher
... out to hear us play," was all she would tell him, and Lanse groaned over the fact that the little orchestra was so out of practice. ...
— The Second Violin • Grace S. Richmond
... riser of the young men in the place, as he did not dance or gamble), he heard firing in the pistol-gallery. He thought of his conversation with Benson and the occurrences of last night, and then recollected that he was out of practice himself, and that there would be no harm in trying a few shots. So he strode over to the gallery, and there, to his astonishment, found on one side of the door the keeper, on the other Frank Sumner (who had given a ...
— The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 • Various
... to distinguish himself also, Jack insisted on trying, though his mother warned him that the weak leg might be harmed, and he had his own doubts about it, as he was all out of practice. However, he took his place with a handkerchief tied round his head, red shirt and stockings, and his sleeves rolled up as if he meant business. Jill and Molly could not sit still during this race, and stood on the ...
— Jack and Jill • Louisa May Alcott
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