Sentence examples for countenance a situation from inspiring English sources
"We cannot countenance a situation in which an unarmed citizen is shot on sight.
Ms James does a good job of finding her own style while also using certain words reminiscent of Austen's own writing: she talks of a character's "singularity", of "diversions", of a man's "countenance", of a situation being "intolerable".
One might, of course, argue that countenancing such a situation is in conflict with the fact that we can prove the totality of exponentiation in stronger mathematical theories such as \(\mathsf{PA}\).
Shorten also continued to face questions over whether he would continue on as leader if he lost the election – a situation he refused to countenance.
Our insurance system leaves 45 million Americans completely uninsured, and millions more underinsured, a situation Canadians and citizens of all other developed nations refuse to countenance.
Even so, resistance to nuclear remains, and scare-stories about Chernobyl and Fukushima are too often employed as an empty rebuttal by those unwilling to countenance the situation we face.
Might Labour countenance a deal with Plaid?
Would anyone countenance a statue of Hitler?
What about Palestinian refusal to countenance a Jewish state?
Mr Michael's colleagues would not countenance a coalition.
Amokachi would countenance a return to England, too.
