Simultaneously with her withdrawal the gleam of sensibility left the faces of the jury, and the dark and brooding look which had marked their countenances from the beginning returned, and returned to stay. ❋ Unknown (1903)
Notwithstanding that spirit of cunning and secrecy, which, through the continual teachings of their Government, has become almost a second nature to them, their countenances are agreeable and expressive ... and it was the unanimous decision of all our officers ... that they were as finished gentlemen in their manners, as could be found in any part of the world. ❋ Unknown (2005)
Their countenances were the mirrors of all lustful and desperate passions. ❋ American Anti-Slavery Society (N/A)
At the time I conceived that the idiotical expression of their countenances was the result of being roused at untimely hours; but our subsequent experience led me to change my mind in regard to this. ❋ Unknown (1859)
Now the above description is not very much unlike that of an African; and yet they are very unlike, arising, I believe, from the very pleasing and frank expression of their countenances, which is their only beauty. ❋ Frank Marryat (1840)
A pause of quite a minute followed, during which the parties regarded each other in silence, the prisoner endeavoring in vain to recall the countenances of his guests, and the girl trembling, equally with grief and apprehension. ❋ James Fenimore Cooper (1820)
Amusement and business walk hand-in-hand -- you hardly know, from their cheerful countenances, which is which; for the Scots, though a high-cheeked, are not an ill-favoured folk in their features -- and though their mouths are somewhat of the widest, their teeth are white as well as sharp, and on the opening of their ruddy lips, their ivory-cases are still further brightened by hearty smiles. ❋ John Wilson (1819)
The confusion that appeared in both their countenances was a proof that this interview, though unexpected, was not unpleasing to either party. ❋ Unknown (1789)
"Children, the issue of old men, are habitually marked by a serious and sad air spread over their countenances, which is manifestly very opposite to the infantile expression which so delights one in the little children of the same age engendered under other conditions. ❋ John Harvey Kellogg (1897)
The confusion that appeared in both their countenances was a proof that this)] TJ ❋ Unknown (1789)
In 1890, after the chief of police of New Orleans was murdered, the New Orleans Times-Democrat accused Sicilian immigrants, “whose low, repulsive countenances, and slavery attire, proclaimed their brutal natures,” of committing the crime. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)
I could not sustain the horror of my situation; and when I perceived that the popular voice, and the countenances of the judges, had already condemned my unhappy victim, I rushed out of the court in agony. ❋ Unknown (2010)
When I recovered, I found myself surrounded by the people of the inn; their countenances expressed a breathless terror: but the horror of others appeared only as a mockery, a shadow of the feelings that oppressed me. ❋ Unknown (2010)
I endeavoured to crush these fears, and to fortify myself for the trial which in a few months I resolved to undergo; and sometimes I allowed my thoughts, unchecked by reason, to ramble in the fields of Paradise, and dared to fancy amiable and lovely creatures sympathising with my feelings and cheering my gloom; their angelic countenances breathed smiles of consolation. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Some hours passed thus, while they, by their countenances, expressed joy, the cause of which I did not comprehend. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Lexi came through just when I thought I might have to stay past my welcome—facing cold countenances at breakfast and a rain of fish heads or poo from grandma's perch. ❋ Chris Adrian (2011)
One concerns a “defensive” jihad, when a Muslim land is under attack by non-Muslims, while another set of justifications concerns grounds for an “offensive” jihad, which countenances unprovoked attacks on infidels. ❋ Peter L. Bergen (2011)
