How to Use toile in a Sentence

toile

noun
  • Amazon Trends might come and go, but toile can transcend the test of time.
    Kelsey Mulvey, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2021
  • The Corrells' used pink toile to create a girly space for one daughter.
    Diane Cowen, Houston Chronicle, 6 Apr. 2018
  • The set comes in 10 different colors and patterns, from black to blush to rouge toile and celadon toile.
    Barbara Bellesi Zito, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2024
  • What began as a highly intricate bridal look changed as soon as the bride tried on the toile.
    Alice Newbold, Glamour, 11 Apr. 2022
  • The design is toile, the whitest of white-bread decor, a textile steeped in colonialism and cotton.
    Claire Howorth, Time, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Look to toile, damask, and other large-scale repeating designs for this take on the trend.
    Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Paris home are sheathed in a linen toile and hung with a collection of Moustiers ceramics.
    Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Steel blue grass cloth is augmented with blue toile pillows in a French-style room.
    Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Paisleys and plaids, florals and stripes, zebra print and French toile, all are lovely on their own.
    Marni Jameson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • The toile on the club chairs drives the scheme, which is accentuated by the blue-and-beige-striped curtains (the only curtains hanging in the house).
    Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 22 July 2023
  • Just treat your favorite prep to this eye-catching robe, which features a toile print inspired by a ski lodge.
    Jake Smith, Glamour, 8 Nov. 2023
  • In the dining room, your grandmother’s toile dish collection can grace the walls.
    Gina Mayfield, Dallas News, 22 Aug. 2023
  • My room, the Madame de Staël suite, was a fever dream of toile wallpaper and pink velvet furniture.
    Ella Riley-Adams, Vogue, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Although this tiny bedroom is covered in a mix of blue-and-white toile, the skirted dressing and side tables are not lost.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 27 Mar. 2021
  • Their white prairie dresses featured bell sleeves and a blue, floral toile pattern.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Nov. 2019
  • The inside spread features everything from a Louis Vuitton sequin dress to a tulle and silk toile gown by Dior.
    Avery Matera, Teen Vogue, 6 Aug. 2018
  • Designers and artisans would pin, prod or tuck fabric and toiles to the mannequins to bring sketches and ideas to life.
    Hilary Fox, chicagotribune.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Designers and artisans would pin, prod, or tuck fabric and toiles to the mannequins to bring sketches and ideas to life.
    Hilary Fox, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Storytelling on fabric was intrinsic to the charm of toile.
    New York Times, 25 Mar. 2022
  • The room is awash in toile de Jouey, bibelots, antiques and memorabilia.
    Lucy Yeomans, House Beautiful, 10 June 2021
  • Keiko recently created a blue and white toile print for a new clothing line.
    Liz Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Both toile and gray versions of a cut-out dress by Taiwanese brand Seivson (above, left) made an appearance on the runway.
    Megan C. Hills, CNN, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Slouck used a lavender-and-mauve color scheme to complement the room's gray toile wallpaper.
    Liz Atwood, baltimoresun.com, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Pattern is used to add color and character, including plaids, checks, stripes, and one of the most common, toile.
    Sienna Fantozzi, House Beautiful, 9 Nov. 2018
  • So, think toile and chintz prints over more modern geometric prints and playful flamingos.
    Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 30 Apr. 2020
  • Customers are able to pick and choose, say, the preferred chenille on an accent chair or the color of the toile on a decorative pillow.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 24 May 2023
  • Those graphics didn’t fit the airy vibe of the formal living room, so Bitter recovered the screen with bright blue and white toile, playing off the room’s deep blue chairs and blue-and-white rug.
    Kit Waskom Pollard, baltimoresun.com, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Other rooms, like 'Bluebell,' are done entirely in toile, while some feel completely Provençal in their style, as an ode to Blanc's roots.
    Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Nov. 2019
  • The royal blue pattern also reminds us of toile, giving it a charming and timeless vibe.
    Kylee McGuigan, Popular Mechanics, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The rooms are all about pattern and texture play, with velvet couches and toile wallpaper, plus fun extra touches like retro-style telephones.
    Catherine Garcia, theweek, 27 Feb. 2024

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