Sentence examples for attempt to countenance from inspiring English sources

"He doesn't even attempt to countenance he might have committed a breach and done something wrong".

"People who hold these offensive views are part of Mr. Trump's base," Earnest said, adding that Trump is far from the first Republican politician to "countenance these views" in an attempt to win support.

But Iraq has refused to countenance any inspection missions since December 1998, when its attempts to block inspectors from certain sites led to a bout of American and British bombing.Bombing on a lesser scale continues, almost routinely.

It brought to power hardline rightwing governments prepared to countenance extra-judicial methods, including covert, paramilitary death squads, in pursuit of vain and costly attempts to "win" the war".

The regime refuses to countenance this.

To countenance anything else was impossible".

Sharif is unlikely to countenance the choice.

What about Palestinian refusal to countenance a Jewish state?

The breathless hypocrisy would surely be too great to countenance.

Romney said that it was hard "to countenance".

We are not obliged, however, always to countenance this anger.