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 think that's the last thing government should countenance", Mr Novak said.
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025
Dan Bifano is in a hurry, but it’s in his nature to be gracious, so he keeps his countenance serene even though gnarly traffic on the Pacific Coast Highway has made his visitors very late.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2025
He would be talking to us about this or that when suddenly he would stop in mid-sentence and a look of intense pain would cloud his ancient countenance.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
Vocabulary lists containing countenance
"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
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