discountenancing

Example Sentences

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Several bond houses wrote back, politely but firmly discountenancing the notion of preferring stocks to bonds as investments.

From Time Magazine Archive

To Gabon's 6,000 Frenchmen that meant only one thing: the U.S. had been behind the abortive coup in hopes of discountenancing le grand Charles.

From Time Magazine Archive

This implies dealing discreetly with the offender instead of directly discountenancing him.

From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense

The educated women among us need to set the pace in discountenancing the social glass in their homes.

From Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro by Culp, Daniel Wallace

But all that would not keep him from openly discountenancing her judgment before people.

From The Precipice by Peattie, Elia Wilkinson