All 46 Uses of
countenance
in
Oliver Twist
- ...and was shaking her fist at him with a furious countenance.
Chpt 2 (definition 1) *countenance = facial expression
- Horror was depicted on every countenance.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- Mr. Gamfield's countenance brightened, as, with a quick step, he returned to the table, and said, 'What'll you give, gen'l'men?†
Chpt 3 (definition 1)
- 'You're a rough speaker, my friend, but you look an honest, open-hearted man,' said the old gentleman: turning his spectacles in the direction of the candidate for Oliver's premium, whose villainous countenance was a regular stamped receipt for cruelty.†
Chpt 3 (definition 1)
- …under his nose, it followed, as a matter of course, that he looked all over his desk for it, without finding it; and happening in the course of his search to look straight before him, his gaze encountered the pale and terrified face of Oliver Twist: who, despite all the admonitory looks and pinches of Bumble, was regarding the repulsive countenance of his future master, with a mingled expression of horror and fear, too palpable to be mistaken, even by a half-blind magistrate.†
Chpt 3 (definition 1)
- Mrs. Sowerberry emerged from a little room behind the shop, and presented the form of a short, then, squeezed-up woman, with a vixenish countenance.†
Chpt 4 (definition 1)
- It is difficult for a large-headed, small-eyed youth, of lumbering make and heavy countenance, to look dignified under any circumstances; but it is more especially so, when superadded to these personal attractions are a red nose and yellow smalls.†
Chpt 5 (definition 1)
- 'Aha!' said the undertaker, glancing over it with a lively countenance; 'an order for a coffin, eh?'†
Chpt 5 (definition 1)
- But the old gentleman could recall no one countenance of which Oliver's features bore a trace.†
Chpt 11 (definition 1)
- If he were really not in the habit of drinking rather more than was exactly good for him, he might have brought action against his countenance for libel, and have recovered heavy damages.†
Chpt 11 (definition 1)
- Now, the old gentleman came in as brisk as need be; but, he had no sooner raised his spectacles on his forehead, and thrust his hands behind the skirts of his dressing-gown to take a good long look at Oliver, than his countenance underwent a very great variety of odd contortions.†
Chpt 12 (definition 1)
- 'Toor rul lol loo, gammon and spinnage, the frog he wouldn't, and high cockolorum,' said the Dodger: with a slight sneer on his intellectual countenance.†
Chpt 12 (definition 1)
- Master Bates followed, with a thoughtful countenance.†
Chpt 12 (definition 1)
- 'Why, how's this?' muttered the Jew: changing countenance; 'only two of 'em?†
Chpt 12 (definition 1)
- He disclosed, when he had done so, a broad heavy countenance with a beard of three days' growth, and two scowling eyes; one of which displayed various parti-coloured symptoms of having been recently damaged by a blow.†
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
- The Jew's countenance fell.†
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
- The ends of his white neckerchief were twisted into a ball about the size of an orange; the variety of shapes into which his countenance was twisted, defy description.†
Chpt 14 (definition 1)
- Mr. Brownlow moved the lamp, so as to obtain an uninterrupted view of the beadle's countenance; and said, with a little impatience, 'Now, sir, you come in consequence of having seen the advertisement?'†
Chpt 17 (definition 1)
- Mr. Brownlow looked apprehensively at Mr. Bumble's pursed-up countenance; and requested him to communicate what he knew regarding Oliver, in as few words as possible.†
Chpt 17 (definition 1)
- He looked down on Oliver, with a thoughtful countenance, for a brief space; and then, raising his head, and heaving a gentle sign, said, half in abstraction, and half to Master Bates: 'What a pity it is he isn't a prig!'†
Chpt 18 (definition 1)
- 'Bah!' said the Jew, turning away with a disappointed countenance from a close perusal of the boy's face.†
Chpt 20 (definition 1)
- She seemed to speak the truth; her countenance was white and agitated; and she trembled with very earnestness.†
Chpt 20 (definition 1)
- It is a common thing for the countenances of the dead, even in that fixed and rigid state, to subside into the long-forgotten expression of sleeping infancy, and settle into the very look of early life; so calm, so peaceful, do they grow again, that those who knew them in their happy childhood, kneel by the coffin's side in awe, and see the Angel even upon earth.†
Chpt 24 (definition 1)
- The countenance of the first-named gentleman, peculiarly intelligent at all times, acquired great additional interest from his close observance of the game, and his attentive perusal of Mr. Chitling's hand; upon which, from time to time, as occasion served, he bestowed a variety of earnest glances: wisely regulating his own play by the result of his observations upon his neighbour's cards.†
Chpt 25 (definition 1)
- At first, the Jew contented himself with patiently watching his countenance, as if to gain from its expression some clue to the intelligence he brought; but in vain.†
Chpt 25 (definition 1)
- 'Sikes is not, I suppose?' inquired the Jew, with a disappointed countenance.†
Chpt 26 (definition 1)
- Near him were the singers: receiving, with professional indifference, the compliments of the company, and applying themselves, in turn, to a dozen proffered glasses of spirits and water, tendered by their more boisterous admirers; whose countenances, expressive of almost every vice in almost every grade, irresistibly attracted the attention, by their very repulsiveness.†
Chpt 26 (definition 1)
- The Jew was no sooner alone, than his countenance resumed its former expression of anxiety and thought.†
Chpt 26 (definition 1)
- 'I had no hold upon him to make him worse,' pursued the Jew, anxiously watching the countenance of his companion.†
Chpt 26 (definition 1)
- 'If I thought it was,' continued Mr. Bumble; 'if I thought as any one of 'em had dared to lift his wulgar eyes to that lovely countenance—'†
Chpt 27 (definition 1)
- The other was a red-headed, bony man, in top-boots; with a rather ill-favoured countenance, and a turned-up sinister-looking nose.†
Chpt 31 (definition 1)
- 'I don't know; I really don't know,' said Giles, with a rueful countenance.†
Chpt 31 (definition 1)
- She was, indeed; for, when candles were brought, they saw that in the very short time which had elapsed since their return home, the hue of her countenance had changed to a marble whiteness.†
Chpt 33 (definition 1)
- 'I beg your pardon, Mr. Harry,' said Giles: giving a final polish to his ruffled countenance with the handkerchief; 'but if you would leave the postboy to say that, I should be very much obliged to you.†
Chpt 34 (definition 1)
- He seemed about five-and-twenty years of age, and was of the middle height; his countenance was frank and handsome; and his demeanor easy and prepossessing.†
Chpt 34 (definition 1)
- 'Oh no, indeed, sir,' replied Oliver, shuddering at the very recollection of the old wretch's countenance; 'I saw him too plainly for that.†
Chpt 35 (definition 1)
- A paper fly-cage dangled from the ceiling, to which he occasionally raised his eyes in gloomy thought; and, as the heedless insects hovered round the gaudy net-work, Mr. Bumble would heave a deep sigh, while a more gloomy shadow overspread his countenance.†
Chpt 37 (definition 1)
- 'It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper,' said Mr. Bumble.†
Chpt 37 (definition 1)
- Mr. Bumble rose with a very rueful countenance: wondering much what something desperate might be.†
Chpt 37 (definition 1)
- The sickly rays of the suspended lantern falling directly upon them, aggravated the paleness and anxiety of their countenances: which, encircled by the deepest gloom and darkness, looked ghastly in the extreme.†
Chpt 38 (definition 1)
- Mr. Claypole no sooner heard this extract from his own remarks than he fell back in his chair, and looked from the Jew to Charlotte with a countenance of ashy paleness and excessive terror.†
Chpt 42 (definition 1)
- This wish was immediately gratified, for a policeman stepped forward who had seen the prisoner attempt the pocket of an unknown gentleman in a crowd, and indeed take a handkerchief therefrom, which, being a very old one, he deliberately put back again, after trying it on his own countenance.†
Chpt 43 (definition 1)
- Monks looked at the old gentleman, with an anxious eye; but, reading in his countenance nothing but severity and determination, walked into the room, and, shrugging his shoulders, sat down.†
Chpt 49 (definition 1)
- She went to see the Body, to speak to who it was,' replied Chitling, his countenance falling more and more, 'and went off mad, screaming and raving, and beating her head against the boards; so they put a strait-weskut on her and took her to the hospital—and there she is.'†
Chpt 50 (definition 1)
- The circumstances countenanced all this; the people believed it; and there the child dragged on an existence, miserable enough even to satisfy us, until a widow lady, residing, then, at Chester, saw the girl by chance, pitied her, and took her home.†
Chpt 51 (definition 2) *
- The condemned criminal was seated on his bed, rocking himself from side to side, with a countenance more like that of a snared beast than the face of a man.†
Chpt 52 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (countenance as in: a pleasant countenance) facial expression; or face; or composure or manner
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(2) (countenance as in: giving countenance) to tolerate, approve, or show favor or support