Sentence examples for severe countenance from inspiring English sources

Anna's young son, Louis, fears the severe countenance of the King's prime minister, the Kralahome, but Anna refuses to be intimidated ("I Whistle a Happy Tune").

Romney said that it was hard "to countenance".

His countenance is made more severe by a balding pate and an often furrowed look, as if he is squinting into a bright light or being asked a question whose premise he disagrees with.

She wore her hair in a fashionable but severe style and was sometimes seen with an unsmiling countenance in her appearances.

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.