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 was dismayed at the lack of tenue he had shown.

From The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode by Vorst, Marie Van

These each affect philosophy, and represent it too; they of the caste hereditary in grande tenue, they of the new men with much pompous parade of words, and all the Delphic mystics of the schools.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 by Various

Marise laughed, "You'll probably have to work like a dog, for the teacher who teaches la tenue."

From Rough-Hewn by Canfield, Dorothy