So she talked to the young man of his mother, and he showed her the daguerrotype of the girl he loved; and at last she confided to him her anxieties for Betty's manners and the Governor's health, and her timid wonder that the Bible "countenanced" slavery. ❋ Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow (1909)
In the original trial presided over by Justice Cowdroy, "countenanced" was considered to be the same as direct approval. ❋ Unknown (2010)
For these couples and the community that countenanced their behavior, marriage was not tightly bound for life; marital bonds could be broken. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)
We would not hesitate to use that label for an individual or culture that countenanced sexual fondling of children. ❋ Miriam Pollack (2011)
Mr. Obama may have been willing to accept changes to programs such as Medicare, and Mr. Boehner may have countenanced tax-revenue increases. ❋ Carol E. Lee (2011)
The result is that fewer disciplinary actions are taken and more dereliction of duty is countenanced. ❋ Henry J. Stern (2011)
Thatcher's biographer Hugo Young said Britain's possession of an independent nuclear deterrent was the aspect of her inheritance about which she countenanced least argument. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Regardless, the Spurs chairman, Daniel Levy, remains adamant that a sale will not be countenanced and, if the player misses Sunday's visit of Manchester City, he will not be released for Croatia's Euro 2012 qualifiers against Malta and Israel. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Even Gordon Brown, whose reckless spending is largely responsible for the current mess, and whose political strategy was based on building clear dividing lines with the Conservatives, would never have countenanced Mr. Miliband's party-conference speech contrasting productive and predatory businesses. ❋ Stephen Pollard (2011)
While working at the Bristol Old Vic in the late 1980s, she was approached to direct an opera, an idea she'd never countenanced before, she says, because it felt like such an exclusive club. ❋ Unknown (2012)
He has countenanced electioneering from the pulpit. ❋ Michele Somerville (2011)
There is no way that he would have countenanced that. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Mr. Obama may have been willing to accept changes to Medicare, and Mr. Boehner may have countenanced revenue increases, but their more ideologically driven followers wouldn't. ❋ Naftali Bendavid (2011)
It was an organized move on the part of the sailors, evidently countenanced by the captain; for by the time we arrived where the gangway had been, it was being hoisted up, and the skiff, slung in the ship's davits, was likewise flying aloft out of reach. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The cant marketing phrase "instant classic" wasn't to be countenanced. ❋ Sam Leith (2011)
Benedict did not mean such congradulations as a signal that he countenanced abortion but it had the effect on Catholic leaders of throwing off their instincts as to what to do in social situations touching on this issue and touching on public figures who supported abortion. ❋ Unknown (2009)
