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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

She recalled how he enjoyed comedy and music, particularly David Bowie, whose songs he would mime along to.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2025

Williams would look into the camera, mime taking a drag from a cigarette, throw her head back and say, “I have lived!”

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2025

Style: Dylan performed in mime makeup and a broad-brimmed hat bedecked in flowers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2024

Caleb Cartwright raises both hands in a gesture that further clinches his mime thing: black turtleneck, black skinny jeans, black eyeliner, black bowler hat.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

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

She closes her eyes and mimes her head hitting a pillow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025

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

Periodically he mimes closing and opening a set of imaginary curtains, indicating that some of this isn’t meant to be seen.

From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2023

She points to the sign and mimes a question.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson

One audience member closed her eyes and mimed conducting as the artists played Mozart, while another tapped her caregiver's arm as if there were piano keys.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

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

He pretended his group were teenagers from Chester, who mimed along to the video for the song.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2025

Months earlier, they had mimed promo films of “Hey Jude” and “Revolution” for Lindsay-Hogg’s cameras.

From Salon ● May 7, 2024

Petra sang another old Boyz Will B Boyz tune to herself and mimed dance steps.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

Son put his finger to his lips in the universal “shhh” sign and then did his patented camera celebration — click! — miming a snapshot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 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

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

The 10-second clip, captioned "when someone asks me how well I did at Eurovision" - ends with the 26-year-old miming "ask me another question".

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2023

Joaquin held up his hands in front of him, miming squeezing something.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway