Sentence examples for noble countenance from inspiring English sources
He's tall, well-built, and we always say he's got a noble countenance.
At the end of the book, as Latour falls ill, he is visited by Eusabio, a Navajo Indian whose acute intelligence and noble countenance match Latour's.
A few hours after he took his last, labored breath, as we were still sitting quietly watching his pale, noble-looking countenance, the light began to fill the room.
Writing after the events of 1604 1606, the Jesuit priest Father Tesimond's description of his friend was favourable: "his countenance was exceedingly noble and expressive ... his conversation and manners were peculiarly attractive and imposing, and that by the dignity of his character he exercised an irresistible influence over the minds of those who associated with him".
The crowd scattered as Claron Pard's loyal steed Sad Face, the brigand's horse of spectral white, with a gloomy countenance that belied his noble heart, came crashing through a large stained glass window on the western side of the Great Hall.
This applies to particular details (did Thaddeus Stephens actually wear a wig and have a black mistress?) but most important to the overall interpretation: was Lincoln really a noble politician, reluctantly using patronage and countenancing bribery to achieve a greater good?
I couldn't countenance that.
Ryan has a sterner countenance.
Would Cameron countenance that?
His countenance quickly changed.
