Sentence examples for countenance discrimination from inspiring English sources

Can we countenance discrimination against people for something so basic as how they blink -- or whom they love?

Like other provisions of sharia law, this is a stark example of contrast with the laws of England and Wales and with Scottish law, in both of which principles of justice do not countenance systematic discrimination on the basis of sex.

After two years of equivocation on the subject of civil rights, Kennedy had finally sought to mobilize that vast body of Americans who had long considered segregation immoral, and who were certainly unprepared to countenance the most extreme forms of discrimination".

Ninety-two per cent of the Chinese population belong to the ethnic Han majority, and aside from the occasional propagandistic variety show in which ethnic-minority members are paraded on stage in colorful costumes, their smiling countenances signalling solidarity with the government, they have historically been subjected to discrimination and are considered cultural outsiders.

I couldn't countenance that.

Ryan has a sterner countenance.

Would Cameron countenance that?

His countenance quickly changed.

The scowling countenance!

You don't countenance any opposition".

But Mr Yanagisawa will not countenance that.