countenancing
- present participle of countenance.
Example Sentences
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But this flexibility with the case’s facts is one of many acts of distancing that aid in countenancing the unthinkable.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2025
Even this court, though, can hopefully still be shamed from countenancing the worst abuses of power likely to come before them.
From Slate ● May 18, 2023
Even wise, cool heads, such as the French diplomatist Jean-Marie Guéhenno, are seriously countenancing the idea that a no-deal Brexit may be better than prolonging the agony.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2019
At any rate, Rubio got flak from the right, which accused him of somehow countenancing illegal activity.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2015
It is a mere abuse and perversion of terms to speak of Science as countenancing any conclusion but that to which such experience points.
From The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer by Gerard, John S.J.
