not countenance

Example Sentences

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But Downing Street said the government "would not countenance" such a move, as a review by regulator Ofcom is looking into the future of the postal service.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2024

But leaders of the opposition said they would not countenance it unless Netanyahu stops the ratification process first.

From Reuters • Mar. 9, 2023

Everyone knows that Rikers is worse than a hellhole, the kind of place a civilized society should not countenance, but its problems, despite decades of sound advice from special commissions and elsewhere, seem intractable.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2023

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

"We will not countenance any aggressive violence. Understand? Nor attacks upon officials or others who do not attack us. We are against all forms of violence, do you understand?"

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison