tout ensemble
Example Sentences
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The latter had light flaxen ringlets and blue eyes, and the tout ensemble of the features were totally dissimilar.
From The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II by Caruthers, William A. (Alexander)
Otherwise the hearer's attention will be diverted from the tout ensemble.
From Johann Sebastian Bach by Forkel, Johann Nikolaus
In short, the tout ensemble of this strange youth was that of a noble and handsome boy that another brace of summers would develop into a splendid-looking man.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne
A Vandyke beard completed the tout ensemble of a visage which, once seen, was rarely forgotten by friend or foe.
From A Modern Buccaneer by Boldrewood, Rolf
It was his towering, bald forehead, and something of command and savage energy in his lowering face, that redeemed the tout ensemble from an almost brutal vulgarity.
From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
