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

And when I descended the stairs, en grande tenue, old Amoore curtsied to me without my having to stop and look at her, which alas! is too often the case.

From Rewards and Fairies by Kipling, Rudyard

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

W. is to present his lettres de créance and all the Mission en grande tenue at 10.30 to-day.

From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King