Sentence examples for could not countenance from inspiring English sources

All the same, Putin could not countenance them.

Trott could not countenance another dart down the pitch.

What he could not countenance were electric clocks.

He could not countenance having his charges miss so much class time.

Vorst's executive officer, by contrast, could not countenance the thought of Meserve's being cashiered.

Some consumers agreed, saying they supported the protesters' goals, but could not countenance their methods.

I couldn't countenance that.

Many said that they were ready to quit, but couldn't countenance abandoning their patients.

Historically I have voted Labour, but not since the Iraq war – I couldn't countenance that.

But even if it had, I couldn't countenance the ick-factor.

While Khairallah was always careful to maintain that Salafism was about persuasion rather than coercion, there were some things he simply couldn't countenance.