countenanced
Example Sentences
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“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
DuBois and Booker T. Washington on down, spoke regularly and with great pride about what blacks had accomplished despite slavery, Reconstruction and Supreme Court rulings that countenanced segregation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2017
To places that didn’t share a border with slave states, had never countenanced the abomination of slavery.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
