countenance

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But despite soundtracking 128 episodes worth of hormonal melodrama, Cole’s song most immediately evokes one image: the devilishly handsome, All-American countenance of the show’s star, James Van Der Beek.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

For “what else has a council ever been,” the pope asked, “but a renewal of this meeting with the countenance of the risen Christ?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

“I was very impressed with his countenance, courtesy and respect toward me,” Grier said in an email.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2025

This week, pictures of a chubby-faced Vance were ubiquitous; not so much a fat edit of the vice president as it is as if someone photoshopped an overweight middle schooler’s countenance on his besuited figure.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2025

He looked tired but very calm, with the signs of suffering taken from his countenance.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya