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

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

Lastly there were barouches and landaus carrying the ladies of the Court "en grande tenue."

From Hospital Sketches by Peabody, Robert Swain

I dressed for dinner in my "smoking," though under ordinary circumstances I should have considered this rather formal, but I was glad I did, for she appeared in full evening tenue.

From The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne by King-Hall, Stephen, Sir