not countenance
Example Sentences
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We are looking literally right now on Twitter at someone who will not countenance any sort of challenge to authority, or the rightness of his positions, or the idea that he could learn something.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2022
“But because he worked for Texas, he had no cause of action. The war powers … do not countenance that result. It’s not right.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2022
"At that point it was 'get a compromise or let all the restrictions fall' and I could not countenance that," she said.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2020
The F.A. would not countenance changing the date of the F.A.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2020
I could not countenance that we would abandon the town.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
