Sentence examples for can only countenance from inspiring English sources
We can only countenance what we do to them, and their environment, because we forget that we are animals too.
While many assert that stagnation presents a significant threat to future economic stability, and can only be countenanced by direct public stimulus, others argue that widening deficits and the risk of default present a bigger problem.
Republicans say they will only countenance deep spending cuts as a way to achieve a balanced budget.
McAdoo, the establishment candidate, not only countenanced the Klan but ran, in certain Southern states, with the organization's open support, and his delegates blocked the plank.
He also insists that in terms of the Assad regime murdering his citizens, it's not something that the United States has ever countenanced before, and I can only hope that Chambliss' retirement is plagued with the poltergeists of dead Rwandans, if Bill Clinton can spare any to make the trip to Georgia.
We can only hope history puts him on a higher pedestal than he would have countenanced – but it seems unlikely.
That arithmetic can only be changed by a general election, an election that many Tory MPs in marginal seats simply can't countenance because of the real threat of Jeremy Corbyn running yet another poll-defying election campaign that could make him Prime Minister.
The play can only worsen the paralysis because the Senate, which is under the control of Democrats led by Senator Harry Reid, will never countenance gutting Obamacare.
