She was in a pretty rural dress of white; a few wild flowers were twisted in her fine hair; a fresh bloom was on her cheek; her whole countenance beamed with smiles.

Imagine, for the sake of argument, a tribal group in which mother-son incest was countenanced.

He says smiling, and with a pleasant countenance, please nobody stop our running, the race is for a tankard of ale.

He sent, and called Rachel and Lia into the field, where he fed the flocks, and said to them: I see your father's countenance is not towards me as yesterday and the other day: but the God of my father hath been with me. And you know that I have served your father to the uttermost of my power.

His complexion was as white as milk, his hair ruddy like flames, while his countenance shone as if it had just been washed.

That's why I love that Don Quixote's added title was "The Knight of the Woeful Countenance."

They refused to countenance any suggestion of a power-sharing agreement with a man they deemed a radical.

He changed his countenance when he saw me.

He has an evil countenance.

And Jacob said: Do not so I beseech thee, but if I have found favour in thy eyes, receive a little present at my hands: for I have seen thy face, as if I should have seen the countenance of God: be gracious to me.