countenance
چہرہ
definition
verb
he was reluctant to countenance the use of force
admit as acceptable or possible.
noun
his impenetrable eyes and inscrutable countenance give little away
a person's face or facial expression.
she was giving her specific countenance to the occasion
support.
example
she was giving her specific 'countenance' to the occasion
No judicial 'countenance' can or ought to be given in matters of taxation to any system of extra-legal concessions.
she was giving her specific 'countenance' to the occasion
The man, appropriately, shone his 'countenance' approvingly upon her.
he was reluctant to 'countenance' the use of force
he was reluctant to 'countenance' the use of force
We all know the ABC would never give 'countenance' to the perverted influence of base and vulgar advertising.
Is there any parent who would argue for, or 'countenance' , the early evacuation of one sick child from an Intensive Care Unit bed in favour of their own child?
Moyes cannot help but 'countenance' going the same way.
his impenetrable eyes and inscrutable 'countenance' give little away
This was an insult he could no longer 'countenance' , and so he had decided that all high-risk surgeries would be transferred to another hospital.
his impenetrable eyes and inscrutable 'countenance' give little away
Defeat to ‘the town’ team would not have been 'countenanced' in the past and this result will surely send shock waves across the Slieve Blooms.
Engineering is 'countenanced' only as a desperate last-ditch response to climatic catastrophe.
Several portraits feature beautiful faces, some with deeply lined, wizened 'countenances' .
The Greenheads are humanoid - human like - but their 'countenances' and outlines are conspicuously similar to the Grays, the archetypal aliens who appear in abduction stories in popular culture.
But the arrogance that enables Cassell to be such a reliable shooter in the clutch prevents him from 'countenancing' the fact that he's a defensive liability.
Of course, it is understood the money must be used strictly for digging wells[… ] and no other use will be 'countenanced' , that must be understood. […]
The Chairman said although it sounded funny, that sort of thing must not be 'countenanced' , and the Surveyor was instructed to notify the police and take proceedings against any future offenders.
Jean just let a small smile escape her visage, and then turned her 'countenances' back in to a frustrated manner.
And to sever ‘human life’ from personhood is the slipperiest of slopes, and should not be 'countenanced' by anyone who doesn't wish to risk ending up on the wrong side of the definition.
Even the most hawkish leaders baulked at 'countenancing' a right of pre-emptive action when the world's principal disputants both had nuclear missile submarines designed to evade a surprise attack.
The man seems simply incapable of 'countenancing' the notion that this nation can ever do wrong.
‘It is discriminatory and cannot be 'countenanced' ,’ she said.
But, when you do notice the facial features, it is as though your pupils have adjusted to the darkness, and beautiful and strangely familiar 'countenances' reveal themselves.
Hard, fearful looks crowned their 'countenances' as they gazed upon us.
Capital punishment has been outlawed most places, and even where it is allowed, brutality of that kind would not be 'countenanced' .
Not coincidentally, this came just as he was 'countenancing' the possibility of employing his services elsewhere.
It was the perfect damsel-in-distress expression, she'd seen executed on the 'countenances' of several ladies.
A quick glance at some of the figures, ironically, and several of the figures seem to resemble one another, with their pointed headdresses and bug-eyed 'countenances' .
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