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

Schaeffer, who has the mien of Marine drill instructor, is animated and intense.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025

Cakes selected a clown with a gun, as De Niro’s mien scowled on the screen above.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2024

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

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