surtout
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
A favourite of mine, in the Preludes for piano, is "En animant surtout dans l'expression", meaning "becoming more lively, particularly in the expression".
From The Guardian ● Mar. 20, 2010
Ten minutes after Johnny told him the news, Revere was in the saddle buttoning his fur-lined surtout to his ears.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
This money was divided between the owner of the horse and the rider, and Johnny bought himself spurs, boots, and a fur-lined surtout, all second hand.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
He had a charming song in the countess's hand laid up in his portfolio; and in the surtout he had found a little note, inquiring with much tender care about the health of an uncle.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
By this time, they had reached the famous wrought-iron gates of the principal entrance, where an old man in an enormous three-cornered hat and long heavily laced surtout walked up and down.
From The Passionate Elopement by Compton MacKenzie
But the ice was at last broken by Gordon Fitzsimmons, as they were all standing round the fire, and adjusting their cloaks and surtouts, at the close of one of their society meetings.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie
From the Tenterground emerged a squad of recruits, picturesque in white fatigue dress, against which the mounted officers showed gallant in blue surtouts and scarlet-striped trousers.
From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Israel Zangwill
There were also gentlemen-farmers, neatly, trimly, and fashionably dressed, in handsome surtouts and trousers, strapped under their boots.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 by Various
Though they were indistinctly seen in the distance, their large caps and flapping surtouts gave them a picturesque appearance.
From Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls by Helen Leah Reed
There were also gentlemen-farmers, neatly, trimly, and fashionably dressed, in handsome surtouts, and trousers strapped under their boots.
From Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2. by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a word