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

Mateta made clear at the time that he saw his long-term future away from Selhurst Park and the club signed Jorgen Strand Larsen from Wolves in a deal worth £48m to countenance his anticipated exit.

From BBC ● May 28, 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

He seemed eternally indestructible as he sat there surrounded by danger, his features molded firmly into that same fierce, regal, just and forbidding countenance which was recognized and revered by every man in the squadron.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

He was also the only barefaced person in a sea of masked countenances.

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2020

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

Their countenances were so lifelike that sometimes he was sure they would leap out of their frames in the deep of night, flat hands grabbing, clothes rippling behind them in unseen winds.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

“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

Despite the ominous tone, and my better instincts, I’d countenanced enough inmate misbehavior and disrespect to feel invigorated by the thought that this is where it all stops.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

If Holmes’ constant appeal is an easily solvable case, then countenancing the possibility that there may be much more to his life than what Doyle shared isn’t impossible either.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 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

The same argument will militate against countenancing the indulged, or any that obtained authority to preach in any place by a power encroaching on the churches liberties.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields