tout ensemble

Example Sentences

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By this means the idea of strength and support is not interfered with, and the tout ensemble is not destroyed.

From Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society by Various

A gallery ran round the walls to enable the visitors to view the upper pictures, and obtain a general view of the “saloon,” the tout ensemble of which was magnificent.

From The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years by Werge, John

While the tout ensemble, his garments clinging to his shivering carcase, is in no wise calculated to invest his just exasperation with the majesty of outraged dignity.

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

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

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