She reached for a strip of cloth, turning to look at the loose assemblage against the wall behind her--the Emissary's wife and son, father and sister.

It's best to take "Freestyle" as a loose assemblage, an anthology of individual styles and sensibilities, some more interesting and assertive than others, going in different directions.

He operated through the Koshin group, a loose assemblage of wealthy individuals and companies.

The band began as a loose assemblage of part-time musicians playing at local weddings and baptisms.

There are signs, however, that the industry is becoming a little more aggressive in pushing for private accounts, through a loose assemblage of trade associations, business coalitions and conservative research centers.

What he read this time - it was no more than a loose assemblage of wire-service stories and clippings from a few small-town weeklies - blew his mind.

Appier is a cornerstone among this loose assemblage.

He was a regular at meetings of the Washington Park Bug Club, a loose assemblage of various intellectuals and revolutionaries.

Under the artistic directorship of Howard Shalwitz, the company, a loose assemblage of eight actors, has long since developed a distinctive style.