Sentence examples for to be countenanced from inspiring English sources

No more miracles were to be countenanced, except those warrantied by Scripture.

Even the arrival of a red bill was not to be countenanced.

The insinuation that she was merely flacking for the White House is too insulting to be countenanced.

What's more, he declared, any organization that gave the French a veto over American actions was not to be countenanced.

Lawless methods of law enforcement are frequently effective in uncovering crime, especially where tyranny reigns, but they are not to be countenanced under our form of government.

True, there was a welter of emotion to be countenanced, but I was happy to be doing it and became lost to the outside world.

With a 22-year medical history the PGA Tour acknowledges exists but refuses to examine, Martin has challenged its rigid stance that no exception can be countenanced to the must-walk dictum in tournaments.

This kind of suffering so close to American shores cannot be countenanced.

A refusal to co-operate would not be countenanced.

Creditors have also made clear that debt relief negotiations – central for real economic recovery to even begin – can only be countenanced once further austerity is enforced.

The Right Rev. Monsignor F. W. Walsh told 6000 cops at a communion breakfast that Bertrand Russell's appointment to the City College "shall not be countenanced in this city".