countenance

When he speaks of Likho, he speaks with a tender cadence and dignified countenance, as if he were his own.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Such a vote would need to be signed off by the UK government, which has repeatedly refused to countenance the idea.

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

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

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 ● Jan. 22, 2026

It was not that he pitied me but that he felt we were in the same boat for different reasons, and that I could understand his frustration just as he could countenance my withdrawal.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

“There’s a spirit moving between the two countenances that feels revelatory.”

From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2022

Every person faces the same way, their countenances drawn and unsmiling, a picture of dreary conformity.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2018

A dying figure, Agni, is surrounded by the countenances of mythic beings, including Mozart, Lewis Carroll, a witch, the Queen of the Night, Copernicus, Tristan and Isolde.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2016

His rough-edged, early-modernist style suits their humble clothing and vanquished countenances.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2016

Presently the tumult died down.The four pigs waited, trembling, w'ith guilt written on every line of their countenances.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

“Catholics are not extremists,” he said, bristling at any suggestion that he would have countenanced targeting Americans because of the nature of their religious beliefs.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 20, 2023

It understood its sector — venture capitalists and technology start-ups — and made loans that national banks would never have countenanced.

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2023

Because it is outrageous that such a wealthy city has countenanced inhuman living conditions like this for years.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2023

Too stupid or too bold to be countenanced as serious.

From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2021

This was extravagant and not to be countenanced.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck

But this flexibility with the case’s facts is one of many acts of distancing that aid in countenancing the unthinkable.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2025

Even this court, though, can hopefully still be shamed from countenancing the worst abuses of power likely to come before them.

From Slate ● May 18, 2023

Even wise, cool heads, such as the French diplomatist Jean-Marie Guéhenno, are seriously countenancing the idea that a no-deal Brexit may be better than prolonging the agony.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2019

At any rate, Rubio got flak from the right, which accused him of somehow countenancing illegal activity.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2015

Wherein, alas! they were too much encouraged by our faint resistance, and too universal involvement in the sin of submitting to, and countenancing of the intrusions of the prelatical party.

From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by John Howie