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"Countenance" in a Sentence (25 examples)
We will never countenance terrorism.
The old man had a noble countenance.
He has an evil countenance.
His remark put me out of countenance.
He changed his countenance at the news.
He changed his countenance when he saw me.
Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike; he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners.
There are as many vipers hiding in the grass as there is evil lying beneath a beautiful countenance.
They refused to countenance any suggestion of a power-sharing agreement with a man they deemed a radical.
She was in a pretty rural dress of white; a few wild flowers were twisted in her fine hair; a fresh bloom was on her cheek; her whole countenance beamed with smiles.
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But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
It was as if the countenance were for a brief while allowed to wear the likeness of the peaceful and spiritual world whither the soul had departed.
But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections.
With such powerful selling-points, why is it, as recent editorial comment and correspondence in this journal has revealed, that "Condor" has yet to bring a warm glow to the countenance of the L.M.R.'s accountants?
Thou hast made him[…]glad with thy countenance.
This is the Magiſtrate's peculiar Province, to give Countenance to Piety and Virtue, and to rebuke Vice and Prophaneneſs; […]
However, the poor old lady is in great distress; she and her grandaughter are coming up to London, and I wish to give them all possible countenance and assistance.
All feared and obeyed him; to use his roads we must have his countenance.
The election being done, he made countenance of great discontent thereat.
The cruel punishment was countenanced by the government, although it was not officially legal.
I won't countenance other than compunctious semblances for such a grievous blunder.
For the Defence was not actually countenanced by the Law, but only tolerated, and there were differences of opinion even on that point, whether the Law could be interpreted to admit such tolerances at all.
But even though the Pleven Plan was the brainchild of a French prime minister, public debate had revealed the extent of French reluctance to countenance German rearmament under any conditions.
There are obvious reasons to cherish and respect imperial units of measure. […] Very few of us would countenance the removal of pints from pubs, for example.
The new chancellor dismantled almost all of the platform that Truss’s leadership victory had been built on, including the majority of her tax cuts, and hinted a new windfall tax was in his sights – a move the PM had previously said she would not countenance.
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