tenue

Example Sentences

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He knows Ronaldo will be missing for the start of his tenue.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2022

It is clear to me that Mr. Finkel obtained access and a copy of the video during his tenue as an embedded journalist.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2013

The rooms were all right again, my Marchioness was en grande tenue, amber silk, black lace, diamonds, and all that sort of style.

From Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories by Ouida

For Maman was in grande tenue with her mauve satin low-necked evening dress on, and a camellia in her hair.

From Rough-Hewn by Canfield, Dorothy

Rostrum tenue, breve, vald� depressum, frontis latitudinem superans, mandibul� superioris abrupt� adunc�, et ad apicem emarginat�, marginibus dilatatis, et inferioris margines superplicantibus.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William