Sentence examples for unsmiling countenance from inspiring English sources

The Israelis, who were put off by the unsmiling countenance of Assad père, should be able to expect a warmer face from the son.

Outside the ring, an irrepressible smile seems etched on his boyish face; inside, he has learned to bear an unsmiling countenance.

The sergeant said it was a comfort to glance around at a crime scene and find the unsmiling countenance of Detective Roe, who stands 6-foot-3, behind him.

His unsmiling countenance put a damper on our meal whenever he surfaced, interrupting conversation gracelessly to recite the dessert list, abruptly appearing to ask if we wanted coffee and to slap the (unrequested) check on the table.

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

The unsmiling bureacratic pain.

Only blunt, unsmiling posturing.

I couldn't countenance that.

Ryan has a sterner countenance.

"Certainly," came the unsmiling reply.

We cannot countenance this.