How to Use countenance in a Sentence

countenance

1 of 2 noun

• The photograph showed his somber countenance.
• The Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you.
  — Cnn Staff, CNN, 18 May 2018
• On the last day of the Grand Prix, with his job on the line, his odds looked as grim as his countenance.
  — Ben Dooley, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2020
• At the sight of her bright smile and studied countenance.
  — Roy S. Johnson | [e-mail], al, 26 Feb. 2022
• That is what the public sees — Easy Eli, with a gee-whiz countenance.
  — John Branch, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2019
• The tone and timbre of his voice, his attire and his countenance evoke the sermons of my childhood.
  — Caleb Gayle, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2023
• Eva Tavares opened the local stop on the tour as a lovely Christine, both in voice and bright-eyed countenance.
  — Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• For the most part, Trump adopted a sober countenance throughout his trip.
  — Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer, 1 Sep. 2017
• With his big shock of gray hair and not unattractively worn countenance, Lopez is nice to have around.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2022
• His broad smile falls away, replaced with a grave countenance.
  — Alex Bhattacharji, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2021
• And though her countenance is Apollonian, her option for the world is Dionysian: release the brakes and drop the reigns.
  — Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 1 Sep. 2011
• Woods had just bogeyed the fifth and double bogeyed the short sixth, and his countenance was as foreboding as the clouds out to sea.
  — Rob Hodgetts, CNN, 18 July 2019
• May Adonai raise His countenance toward you and grant you peace.
  — Jamie Kravitz, Woman's Day, 28 Aug. 2023
• Cutts is slight with long blonde hair, a soft Glaswegian accent and an eager countenance.
  — Sam Rigby, Quartz, 2 Nov. 2019
• Your countenance, though wrinkled and blemished, can be adorned with the joy of the Lord and made lovely with his kindness and compassion.
  — David Roper, idahostatesman, 26 Jan. 2018
• Yet events in Ukraine have not reached a point where Ukrainians can countenance compromise.
  — Christopher Blattman, Foreign Affairs, 29 Nov. 2022
• At sixty, Øino has a boyish mop and the mild countenance of a country parson.
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
• The final hints in the quest for Cleopatra’s countenance come from the writings of Romans in the centuries after her death, though some show obvious bias.
  — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2021
• Striding inside the ropes between holes, the younger Woods maintained a stoic countenance and gazed ahead as fans shouted his name.
  — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Dec. 2021
• Dern adopts a weary countenance that suffuses her body with years’ worth of backstory.
  — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 3 June 2022
• Despite the preceding chaos, Dean’s countenance betrays no signs of alarm.
  — Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2023
• Her stance may be modeled on 17th century paintings, but her countenance becomes that of a Greek bust.
  — Gabriella Fuller, ELLE Decor, 16 Oct. 2018
• Her immense beauty is hidden in a cold palette and grim countenance.
  — Sopan Deb, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2018
• Men stare out from the pictures toward the unseen countenances of the people who were photographed looking toward them — and thus at the live spectator as well.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
• With his bulldog build and his doleful countenance, Mr. Young amassed more than 160 film and television credits.
  — Alex Williams, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
• Though Duncan played the game with the expressionless countenance of a Sphinx, inside beat the heart of a cold-blooded, competitive killer.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 14 May 2021
• His countenance is familiar to readers of his blog, www.cfpbmonitor.com, which has tracked the agency in detail since 2011 and now has a full-time lawyer-manager, Barbara Mishkin.
  — Joseph N. Distefano, Philly.com, 21 June 2018
• But in order to add some excitement around the launch of its new people-hauler, the lion-logo brand also rolled out the Rifter 4×4 concept, a van with a more rugged, outlaw countenance.
  — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 21 Feb. 2018
• Kapler and his youthful bench coach, Kai Correa, strike a cloned countenance with their identical glasses and facial hair.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Oct. 2021
• Taft’s successor, Woodrow Wilson, would have slid beneath the waters—a saint of gothic countenance.
  — Lance Morrow, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2018

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countenance

2 of 2 verb

• I don't countenance such behavior in children of any age.
• Franks knows the scent of damp earth under plow, the touch of sap on a cold tree, and how to write about men who cannot countenance the wildness of women.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 26 Aug. 2023
• Few want to countenance an even more extreme option: that the LCDM model is at fault.
  — Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 28 Mar. 2023
• Give up, go cash, be grateful for the fig leaves available to those who — bless them all — can’t countenance asking for money.
  — Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2021
• There were, as well, the human costs that today’s Green New Dealers, to their credit, would not countenance.
  — Kevin Baker, Harper's magazine, 10 May 2019
• The future of the Afghan people was painful to consider, and the notion of a US relationship with the Taliban was hard to countenance.
  — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 26 Aug. 2021
• Queen of the seas, Britain seemed to countenance the pirating activities of the North African corsairs.
  — Thomas Wendel, National Review, 4 July 2019
• And yet the same Western governments that have cheered the Kurds’ efforts are unprepared to countenance their desire for a state of their own.
  — Jonathan S. Tobin, National Review, 26 Sep. 2017
• None seems likely to countenance anything like a break from Moscow.
  — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Sep. 2022
• Down in the basement were others, most of them pensioners too poor or too old to countenance the idea of going anywhere.
  — Nabih Bulosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022
• But here’s one theme you may never have countenanced: the science vacation.
  — Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2019
• To make matters worse, the right-wing judiciary has shown itself to be more than willing to countenance these power grabs.
  — Emma Roller, The New Republic, 16 Aug. 2021
• And Aileen can’t even countenance the possibility that her son might be guilty.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 30 Sep. 2022
• That may require a breaking of the status quo that neither Israel nor Abbas seems willing to countenance.
  — Washington Post, 7 July 2021
• The play does not countenance for a moment the possibility of an honest mistake.
  — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2022
• Labour-supporting Leavers who cannot countenance backing the Tories have an option in the Brexit Party.
  — The Economist, 5 Dec. 2019
• The real threat to peace and security, of course, was the system of slavery itself and a Christianity that countenanced it.
  — Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian, 7 Feb. 2017
• The real threat to peace and security, of course, was the system of slavery itself and a Christianity that countenanced it.
  — Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian, 7 Feb. 2017
• When news comes that Fort Sumter has been fired upon, Austin declares his intention to enlist, only to be thwarted by his father, who will not countenance the loss of a son.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2017
• Yet neither of them is willing to countenance being victims.
  — David Benedict, Variety, 5 Oct. 2022
• In exchange, Kim promised to stop nuclear and missile testing for now and to countenance the joint military drills in South Korea next month.
  — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2018
• But, of course, the budget airline’s plan doesn’t countenance the most direct means of cutting carbon emissions: flying less.
  — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2022
• Jesus’ refusal to countenance any kind of divorce in Mark’s Gospel is, to Ross, a foundational doctrine.
  — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 20 Apr. 2018
• During the 18th century, presidents restrained the press in ways that current courts would no longer countenance.
  — New York Times, 2 Oct. 2020
• The rebels were not even humiliated, when justice would have countenanced hanging them.
  — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 27 Oct. 2019
• The Christmas season also comes with a soundtrack few of us would ever countenance were it not for secular tradition.
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2020
• But privately British officials say that for any attempt to take back areas such as Crimea, Ukraine and the West must be willing to countenance a much greater threat of the use of chemical or nuclear weapons.
  — Vivian Salama, WSJ, 16 May 2022
• The Government will not countenance enemy aliens within 100 yards of a wharf or pier under any circumstances.
  — Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
• The best solution may be the one most remain unwilling to countenance: online jury trials.
  — The Economist, 11 June 2020
• Debbie’s departure comes as a slant blessing to the reader, too, who has had to countenance the book’s many rhapsodic statements about the sisters’ dynamic.
  — Zoe Hu, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023

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