tout ensemble
Example Sentences
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The horses are well-bred, though many of them not well groomed; the riders are graceful and plucky, and the tout ensemble makes a fair picture to the lover of horseflesh and sport.
From Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport by Greville, Beatrice Violet Graham
And some of the old monuments, even though they be not works of art of great value, yet, surrounded as they are by rich vegetation, present a perfect tout ensemble.
From Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod by Vay, P?ter
Otherwise the hearer's attention will be diverted from the tout ensemble.
From Johann Sebastian Bach by Forkel, Johann Nikolaus
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
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
