Sentence examples for in the countenance from inspiring English sources

In between the sheets lies the arena where bullish senior citizens get to gore and gorge themselves on their lavishly appointed juniors, not so much to cast aside the years (for that, alas, is unfeasible) as to snort with horny laughter in the countenance of death.

Within just over four minutes, the opening monoxide drone of Prelude on the Esplanade has already given way to the exultant Fanfare For the Hooper Heroes and thence to the Richard-Clayderman-plays-Steve-Reich ivory-tinkling of Movement 1: In the Countenance of Kings.

Then all the sudden we're above the water watching fish swimming in slow motion gracefully as ballerinas set to Sufjan Stevens' "Movement I – In the Countenance of Kings".

Mr. Loughner continued standing and I observed his head was tilted to the left with a confused look in the countenance of his face.

In the countenance of the universe, I realized a miraculous human union beyond the power of death and across boundaries of language and nationality was taking place.

Hippocratic face is the change produced in the countenance by death, or long sickness, excessive evacuations, excessive hunger, and the like.

There is a lovely mirror image of these sentiments in the fresh countenance of Lieutenant Josh Rushing, a U.S. Army press officer, who argues the case for the Coalition while plainly becoming intrigued by the other side of the argument and helplessly befriending Arab journalists.

As Ms. Gristina explains in the catalog: "The countenances of these figures bear similarities in particular to the paintings by the famous Jesuit missionary the Rev. Giuseppe Castiglione.

Perez spoke of some officers as being "in the loop" — countenancing, if not necessarily participating in, wrongdoing — so the task force compiled a list of every cop who'd been in the Rampart CRASH and narcotics divisions during Perez's time there, and had him "go through and identify who are the potential suspects," Rosenthal recalls.

Gehry was taking no delight in the chaos; his countenance was glum, his complexion pale.

The insight may be fatuous; what is distinctive is the shadow it casts, bringing out unsuspected features in the effulgent, shadowless countenance of the diarist.