mien

His political savvy and technocratic mien positioned him as an indispensable policy expert even amid changing political tides in Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

It brings me no pleasure to report that Trump possessed the perfect mien for the performance of wrestling.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

While Harding, 50, retains a boyish mien, he is anything but flashy and conveys a British reserve on the podium.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

The protesters’ mien was sober, they presented themselves as adults who were morally serious, they were morally responsible and meant moral business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

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

The events of the past week have shocked countries with typically pacifist miens, as well as those more closely aligned with Russia.

From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2022

Played with hangdog miens by the gifted Mr. Dossett and Mr. Sills, these men soon betray their bosses and switch sides.

From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2016

The cheerful, demonstrative callowness of Herring’s Joey makes for an apt-enough contrast with the miens of the older figures, and Carpenter’s Mark is a sensitive, thoughtful foil to everyone else.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2015

Here were traditional outsiders, some of them outspoken victims of childhood bullying, who, twenty years ago, were dismissed by the jock establishment for bringing their alternative fashion sense and disaffected miens to an Olympic-style competition.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 17, 2014

Their manners and miens reflected the Spartan personal discipline the organization demanded, and none of them would utter anything but Nation of Islam cliches.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey