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

I do not know—in your own country it may be—here it is the wife of someone else who holds the charm—and if it were not for tenue society could not exist.

From Man and Maid by Glyn, Elinor

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.

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