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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. bearing, carriage, deportment
- n. mode of dress
Examples
“And then to go on with, they did not know a thing of the duties of the position, or the tenue which is required to keep up the dignity of an old title, so when it came to the scratch they were found wanting.”
“Français · La police israélienne empêche la tenue du Festival palestinien de littérature”
Global Voices in English » Palestine: Israeli Armed Police Disrupt Literature Festival
“But as we know now, the reality of her tenue at eBay is quite different.”
The Huffington Post: William Bradley: Harsh Realm: The Meg Whitman Program for Future California
“Just ask yourself, am I better off today than I was during Bill Chintons tenue in the whitehouse.”
“When the union came in to make their pitch folks didn't want to give up what they have already earned during their tenue at Sony.”
“Quelle sobriété dans ta tenue,et dans tes paroles.”
“Dans le reste du pays, on voit Terre-Neuve comme une province qui veut avoir la péréquation et les revenus du pétrole, mais ici, on ne voit que la promesse non tenue du fédéral ", explique Geoff Meeker, spécialiste des communications proche de l'industrie du pétrole.”
“As might be expected, therefore, his talk and tenue were outrageously military.”
“We had also gone yesterday; tomorrow we'll just do 30 minutes aerobics, probably before lunch since I'll be having dinner with a former art history professor of mine from Yale (who, like all of my gay or female professors was denied tenue) who is visiting Spain with his boyfriend.”
“When, Cuba style, we will all be summoned to “Er Supremo” speech in “tenue de rigueur”?”
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yarb '"Only then you began grumbling about their tenue, these girls', Bermuda shorts and so on, you said where had all the baroque charm gone?'"
- W.M. Spackman, An Armful of Warm Girl Jan 2, 2012