tout ensemble
Example Sentences
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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
From the marshy ground rose the cries of curlews and peewits,—the drumming of snipe and the hoarse croakings of many frogs making an unearthly tout ensemble.
From 13 Days The Chronicle of an Escape from a German Prison by Caunter, John Alan Lyde
In the examples of continental costume, the tout ensemble is graceful, and especially the head-dress; while in England the elegant sleeve is accompanied with very short waists, and with the hideous, horned head-dresses then fashionable.
From Dress as a Fine Art With Suggestions on Children's Dress by Merrifield, Mary Philadelphia
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
And that disturbance of the heart's action which Eulenburg and Guttmann consider an essential element is found in Cases 1, 2, 4 and 5; so that the tout ensemble presented by Case 4 is corroborated.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
