discountenance

How To Use discountenance In A Sentence

• Therefore she discountenanced his going down to Bombay to get married.
• He predicted Jones would “discountenance the movement under the impression that the United States will have the right, and will be bound to remove the Mexican military from east of the Rio Grande after annexation.” A Country of Vast Designs
• The master discountenanced smoking and drinking by the students.
• They were not discountenanced by the critical argument that a storyteller or a poet who has something to say does not need an artist to help him say it.
• With her composure, she survived every atempt to discountenance her.
• The next day Wickliffe dashed off another letter to Polk with the news, through Sherman, that Jones had indeed discountenanced the plan. A Country of Vast Designs
• He has stationed himself there merely to watch and discountenance her. Camilla
• Future alliances were indeed often formed by the young people, nor was this discountenanced by their parents, provided that the lovers waited until the period when the majority of the bridegroom should permit them to marry. Count Robert of Paris
• That is why a daring mission 63 years ago today - with strength and numbers that might have caused it to be discountenanced as a stunt - had such a powerful effect not only on Americans but also the Japanese leaders and people.
• In this case, the express line of his duty would have been his vindication, and instead, perhaps of discountenance and blame, he would have had praise and honour from his superior. Castle Dangerous