tout ensemble
Example Sentences
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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
Otherwise the hearer's attention will be diverted from the tout ensemble.
From Johann Sebastian Bach by Forkel, Johann Nikolaus
While the tout ensemble, his garments clinging to his shivering carcase, is in no wise calculated to invest his just exasperation with the majesty of outraged dignity.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
A gallery ran round the walls to enable the visitors to view the upper pictures, and obtain a general view of the “saloon,” the tout ensemble of which was magnificent.
