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past tense of countenance
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countenanced

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adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for countenanced
Verb
  • Novak walked the red carpet and accepted the honor onstage in a dramatic white gown with a silvery overlay.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • That way, when you are accepted, you are accepted voluntarily, because people appreciate you and respect you and want you, not because you have been shoved down their throats.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • They are tolerated, not respected.
    Hansel Alejandro Aguilar, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Any violence committed or even threatened against Raglan James will not be tolerated on this website.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Before welcoming William, the couple endured a six-year-long road to parenthood that included health issues for each of them in addition to their fertility struggles.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The attacker was sidelined for eight months and endured setbacks during his rehabilitation.
    Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And like any sanctioned economy, the results were predictable.
    Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Police did not appear to look into the possibility of Kohberger going on a non-sanctioned visit that weekend, which would have been while he was enrolled at DeSales University in Pennsylvania.
    Chris Spargo, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Butler's sister-in-law baked a beautiful red velvet cake and a close friend handled music, hair and more.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The visiting bench complained that Barca’s Kika Nazareth had handled the ball, but the referee dismissed their appeal.
    Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To end the game, the Panther defense stood tall.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
  • As the Republican candidate stood on the fifth-hole putting green, a Secret Service agent was riding a golf cart in a security sweep of the sixth hole and noticed someone hiding behind a chain-link fence in the southeast corner of the course.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Coming in second overall was The Traitors, the reality competition series on Peacock, which took home four awards, including Alan Cumming for Best Reality Host.
    Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Two key points in the case were that board members who personally opposed the books took the action against the input of an advisory committee, and that the board members' action was based on speculative, not actual, fears of disruption.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The four other occupants of the vehicle sustained nonfatal injuries and were treated on scene and at local hospitals, according to police.
    Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Dabrowski sustained the same injury in February of this year.
    The Athletic Tennis Staff, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Countenanced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countenanced. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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