tout ensemble

Example Sentences

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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

The tree was profusely hung with elegant paper lamps, and although there were no pine-branches, only palm leaves, the "tout ensemble," bore a strong resemblance to a genuine Christmas tree.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von

His keen and often expressive glance, his firm voice made mild by emotion, the tout ensemble of his character, seems to call him to great crimes or sublime actions.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various

The shadow cast from the declivity of the ravine increased the horrid tout ensemble of the scene, which the increasing darkness half hid.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

His dress—his look—his tout ensemble, are those of the London man.

From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various