mien
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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
Horvath’s Midwestern mien, unflagging politeness and warm smile belie her fierce ambition.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 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
Quickly, they assembled a ranked list of about a dozen men, more diverse in ethnicity and mien than Tolins’s initial character description — “old WASP-y money” — might suggest.
From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2024
Two young ladies appeared before me; one very tall, almost as tall as Miss Ingram—very thin too, with a sallow face and severe mien.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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