countenanced

Example Sentences

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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

Ms. Notz, though, said the founders never countenanced the idea of revocation so those shouldn’t count.

From Washington Times • Sep. 28, 2022

And the Supreme Court has basically stated, for hundreds of years, that the pardon power is very broad and has really countenanced very few, if any, restrictions by Congress on it.

From Slate • Dec. 7, 2020

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