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
What the hour demanded were poets who, discountenancing any mistrust of the natural emotions, should give them free rein.
From English Poets of the Eighteenth Century by Bernbaum, Ernest
Instead of discountenancing the attacks of my acquaintance by calm and steady opposition, I invited them by feeble defence; or at best, parried them with a playfulness which authorised their repetition.
From Discipline by Brunton, Mary
I kept my own counsel in this matter, as I had very good reasons for discountenancing any proposal to investigate the lunar scenery too closely.
From To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story by Wicks, Mark
