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countenance

[koun-tn-uhns] / ˈkaʊn tn əns /


NOUN
self-control
Synonyms


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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 think that's the last thing government should countenance", Mr Novak said.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025

But I was grateful to experience the text through a different voice and countenance.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2025

Only a fraction of the Hall of Mirrors reflects her own countenance, and some contain only a shimmering blur of pale-grey gown, or the motion of the billowing ribbons as they float behind her.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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