discountenancing
Example Sentences
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To Gabon's 6,000 Frenchmen that meant only one thing: the U.S. had been behind the abortive coup in hopes of discountenancing le grand Charles.
From Time Magazine Archive
Several bond houses wrote back, politely but firmly discountenancing the notion of preferring stocks to bonds as investments.
From Time Magazine Archive
Patronage would have been resented hotly, and Kate learned by a series of discountenancing experiences that friendship would not come--any more than love--at beck and call.
From The Precipice by Peattie, Elia Wilkinson
In that conference or congress of the people resolutions were unanimously adopted discountenancing the policy which led to the annexation of the two Republics.
From In the Shadow of Death by Kritzinger, P. H.
But there are other cogent reasons for discountenancing early marriages, also drawn from the physiology of reproduction, to say nothing of the many reasons which might be urged on other grounds.
From Plain Facts for Old and Young by Kellogg, John Harvey
