mien
Example Sentences
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Squinting in the morning sun, she had bat ears, a downturned mouth and the mien of a pissed-off mother-in-law.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
Instead, the carefully prepared Cohen was subdued and succinct, admitting his lies and misdeeds in service of Donald Trump with a sorrowful mien.
From Salon • May 15, 2024
Audiences delighted in the personality of Judge Lance Ito and the beach bum mien of witness Kato Kaelin.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024
People often smile at McCall, perhaps drawn to his looks, his quiet mien and the restrained intensity of his physicality, as if he were holding back a great and terrifying force.
From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2023
Then they hooked little fingers and shook hands gravely with the mien of bankers at a convention.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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