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These actors don’t mime making music, as is often the case in revivals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

During live shoots, however, background actors stay silent and mime their conversations, “a skill set in and of itself,” Gemmill says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Littler then proceeded to miss two more match darts of his own, and then made a 'cry-baby' mime to the crowd.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026

Yet, these supposedly most-promising stars are mostly hapless wannabes leaning on their skills in nunchucks and mime.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

To my annoyance, all he did was mime laughter, all theatrical and quiet.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

"Like this," she says, laughing as she mimes the song's signature perfume-spraying move.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

He fidgets with a pair of eyeglasses and points a knobby index finger to underscore a point, jiggles his leg restlessly and, at one point, mimes playing guitar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

We watch on the monitors as Bruccoleri perfectly mimes the piano along to a track and unleashes out-of-tune vocals that are horribly dour.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

Bogotá’s unorthodox mayor, Antanas Mockus—who rose to fame after mooning student protesters and deployed mimes to control traffic—viewed the activity as a gambit “to achieve self-regulation in the behavior among citizens.”

From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2024

Unlike Western cities, Tiwanaku had no markets—no bazaars full of shouting, bargaining, conniving entrepreneurs; no street displays of produce, pottery, and plonk; no jugglers and mimes trying to attract crowds; no pickpockets.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

He mimed falling asleep at the question and said he hadn’t heard about it.

From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2026

Running her hand through her brittle white hair, she mimed heating water on a gas stove to wash herself in the cold mornings.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

Standing with one foot on the right peg of his bike in a half-pirouette, Miranda mimed pumping his other foot across the pavement as if propelling a scooter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025

After a couple of successful kicks, Matsuzawa even mimed a swing from another spectacular Japanese athlete who wears No. 17: Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025

One of them mimed reaching up high, as though to grope for something on a shelf, and his companion laughed.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Ficarra is a brilliant clown — his part is all miming — and also the most level-headed of these characters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

Alicia Washington’s direction was clear, though she was understandably flummoxed about how to stage musician characters who don’t play their instruments and resorted to miming and posing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025

Ah yes, you have a policy of never miming.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2024

Ward lobbed one up for receiver Kyle Williams, who beat cornerback Travis Hunter so thoroughly that he immediately held up his wrist, miming CU quarterback Shedeur Sanders’ signature celebration.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2023

“I saw Malfoy miming something to do with a nose,” he said darkly.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling