tout ensemble
Example Sentences
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But it was not so much the movements of the military that attracted my attention, as the tout ensemble of the crowd.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
The horses are well-bred, though many of them not well groomed; the riders are graceful and plucky, and the tout ensemble makes a fair picture to the lover of horseflesh and sport.
From Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport by Greville, Beatrice Violet Graham
In short, the tout ensemble of this strange youth was that of a noble and handsome boy that another brace of summers would develop into a splendid-looking man.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne
The tout ensemble is generally very striking, even where the architectural purist is apt to grumble at the shortcomings of most of the detail.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
A small, unnecessary exhibition of snuff about the nose completed the tout ensemble of the Laird of Scouthercakes.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
