Sentence examples for difficult to countenance from inspiring English sources

"In a sport that prides itself in being green, it is difficult to countenance," Fred Griffin said, referring to Craftsbury's snow-making.

Many, particularly among United's alumni, have found it difficult to countenance a world in which Rooney is not a central figure.

But for its congregants, it has been increasingly difficult to countenance the mannequins in racy underwear, creeping ever so often unto the property of their tiny, sun-bleached house of worship.

It is difficult to countenance the idea - too few highlights, far too many lows.

Considering our failure to visualize in PDR1 -249 cells any gross changes to mitochondrial structure characteristic of mutations affecting mitochondrial division, a model where PDR activation reduces mitochondrial division seems difficult to countenance.

RCTs have been infrequently used in evaluation of surgery to the point that some dismiss them as just too difficult to countenance and thus inappropriate a 'square peg in a round hole'.

Romney said that it was hard "to countenance".

This can be hard to countenance in the face of contemporary medical trends.

It's hard to countenance any of those theories.

Indeed, given the "afflictive" nature of life, Southwood Smith was sympathetic to those who found God's universal benevolence hard to countenance.

During the 1980s, Chas & Dave committed sins against pop music of such magnitude that it's difficult now to countenance the idea that they might have made an intricately detailed album whose chief characteristics are delicacy and grace.