countenance
Example Sentences
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Kate “told me how to manage to answer the questions …” The Fox sisters watched “the countenance and motions of the person, and in that way they could nearly always guess right.”
From Literature
There was no way Ratcliffe would countenance extending that at a time when he is determined to cut costs and bring the wage bill down.
From BBC
Over time, you can see that he has come to believe that the problems of the country need something more radical than either of the traditional big parties are prepared to countenance.
From BBC
Investors attribute his popularity to his frequent public appearances, unflappable countenance and the Fed’s role in what has been a historic bull run for asset prices.
His Marat has the “seraphic countenance” and clear skin, Mr. Crow tells us, of a “secular martyr.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
