Examples of 'countenanced' in a sentence

Meaning of "countenanced"

Countenance (verb): To tolerate, approve, or support something. It can also mean to give support or approval to someone or something
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  • simple past tense and past participle of countenance

How to use "countenanced" in a sentence

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countenanced
Such a hypothesis clearly can not be countenanced.
No court has countenanced prior restraint in this situation.
Such outrageous behavior can not be countenanced.
He would never have countenanced an alliance he deemed so degrading.
Such outrageous behaviour can not be countenanced.
No court has countenanced prior restraint.
Attempts to revisit those decisions could not be countenanced.
He countenanced the worship of foreign gods.
Reprehensible and never to be countenanced by the good.
And countenanced by their respective spouses.
It amounts to usurpation of jurisdiction which can not be countenanced.
Never countenanced any rebellion against the state.
Indifference can not be countenanced.
That could not be countenanced before three days have passed.
That could not be countenanced.

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And she has countenanced their scheme and given it her encouragement.
Betrayal must not be countenanced.
The supposition is countenanced by European harvestcustoms.
Underhanded practices in the name of national security are no longer countenanced.
These attributes should be countenanced by the expression and behaviour.
As a consequence resort to a more objective assessment of alleged discrimination is countenanced.
These attributes should be countenanced by the expression and behavior.
The permanent forced displacement of thousands of people can not be countenanced.
That argument should no longer be countenanced by any modern society.
In this case refusal to pay compensation for any injury caused is not countenanced.
Infanticide has often been countenanced and even encouraged in human society.
Drinkers are no longer countenanced.
Will such tactics be countenanced or even possible in the new digital era?
No delays should be countenanced.
MI6 has never countenanced the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
It will not be countenanced.
Such public naming of capitalism as Public Enemy Number One could not be countenanced.
Action is countenanced.
But no deviation from the established routine Will be countenanced.
This form of totalitarianism can not be countenanced in a free and democratic society such as ours.
We believe that this sort of purely European solution can not be countenanced.
The alternative solutions which could be countenanced would have risked reactions which would have been.
The SNP decided to withdraw as independence was not a constitutional option countenanced by the convention.
At first, the Papacy countenanced this development.
Consensus is encouraged, but dissent is countenanced.
But dualism is never countenanced in the Bible.
In these circumstances, the lay representative 's participation may be countenanced.
Even Hayek never countenanced that.
Circumstantial evidence to ascertain the true intent of the parties, is not countenanced.
Such a notion could never have been countenanced by Marx or Lenin.
No court has countenanced prior restraint in this situation . Your honor.
It can not be concluded that the refusal to receive is countenanced by international law.
No court has countenanced prior restraint in this situation . Bingum 's complaint.
The DND also ensures that no HRVs will be countenanced or tolerated.
However, executing the German Reichsmarschall by hanging can not be countenanced.

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