Example sentences for: countenance

How can you use “countenance” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The NYT interprets this to mean that Serbs are willing to countenance "armed foreigners on their territory," which might be a first step towards some sort of agreement.

  • Tourist markets are now thriving in Cuba’s major centers, even if much of what you’ll find is related to Che Guevara — berets, T-shirts bearing his countenance, and dolls, among many other “revolutionary” items.

  • I rarely, verging on never, spit out food, yet this was so repulsive in its texture (mucousy sludge) and taste (not exactly sure what it was, but not cookies 'n creme, I can for sure tell you that) that I could not countenance digesting it.

  • That is the ultimate blessing in the key Judeo-Christian benediction: "May the Lord bless you and keep you, may He lift up the light of his countenance upon you and give you peace."

  • He could hardly countenance any public appearance of an ongoing contention between Dean Gooderham Acheson/ Yale/ Secretary of State/ and Joe McCarthy/ Chicken Farmer/ Marquette --wherever Marquette was--/ Junior Senator from --a state that had lost its senses.


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