had countenanced
- past perfect of countenance.
Example Sentences
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The commissioner had countenanced Garrett's conduct, even when warned by onetime Governor Alvan Tufts Fuller; the commissioner had obtained Garrett's fraudulent pension for him.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Indulgence had failed, as by some at least of those who had countenanced it it had been expected to fail.
From Claverhouse by Morris, Mowbray
It was necessary for Lord Ellenborough, by a frank declaration of his intentions, to exclude the prevalent suspicion—nay, the universal belief—of those projects of encroachment which the Whig Government had countenanced.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 by Various
It was with exceeding concern and grief I heard you had countenanced a spreading delusion, so far as to be one of Jack's congregation.
From Excellent Women by Various
By his sins he had countenanced wickedness, and set the example of it in a dignified station.
From Sermons on Various Important Subjects by Lee, Andrew
