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

We found the same bustle and preparation at the station here—the Governor of Varsovie, and Préfet de Police en tenue, and our Consul, M. Bérard.

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

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 ship's company looked at them with astonishment when they came on deck, for they had never seen them en grand tenue before.

From Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics by Shute, A. B.