tout ensemble
Example Sentences
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The features could not have been more regular and their tout ensemble could not have been more harmonious; nevertheless, her beauty lacked animation.
From The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel by Palacio Vald?s, Armando
Unfortunately, however, this man is as silly as he is handsome, though he certainly has a very prepossessing tout ensemble.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 by Sue, Eugène
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
Individually these features were distinctly attractive, but there was something about the tout ensemble that supplied an immediate answer to the owner's extremely frank question.
From "Pip" A Romance of Youth by Hay, Ian
The tout ensemble is generally very striking, even where the architectural purist is apt to grumble at the shortcomings of most of the detail.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
