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  • Countenance the possibility of error.
  • Be friendly with all and have a smiling countenance always.
  • It was the name of the fellow with the swarthy countenance.
  • Once you've put it on, losing weight is a much, much bigger battle than thin people can even countenance.
  • How long, 0 my mistress, till thy countenance be turned toward me.
  • Countenance of the man while the different persons were bidding on his wife.
  • You have never countenanced the evil doctrine of the brute coercion of the human will.
  • Countenance such reform.
  • Not, assuredly, to boast; not, assuredly, to give the slightest countenance to complacency.
  • About her twentieth year she is described as being somewhat above the middle height, possessing a graceful form and an open cheerful countenance.
  • The college does not countenance any research which harms the health or welfare of any of our animals.
  • He cannot countenance living in the community at all.
  • Countenances the idea that britain should be willing to deport people to face torture or death should be ashamed of itself.
  • Once again, please be strong in your heart and keep a neutral countenance when you talk to the police.
  • The sole surviving daguerreotype of kirker reveals a dark-skinned man with a fierce countenance.
  • Countenances not only the murder of white farmers, but also of his own people if they oppose him politically.
  • Countenance change, these improvements would not be affordable.
  • If you will show him a harsh and angry countenance he will do the same.
  • One morning roy entered the hut with a slow step and a sad countenance.

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