moue
Example Sentences
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Her sleepy, bedroom gaze, articulated by the swoop of her liquid eyeliner; her bright red moue; and that beauty mark were the star’s own creations, conceived with her longtime West Coast-based makeup artist, Whitey Snyder.
From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2024
Harper is haunted, and Buckley conveys her anxiety with wide, darting eyes, or twisting her mouth in a moue.
From Salon • May 20, 2022
What is beyond doubt is the scheming suavity with which Huppert arms her character; seldom has the famous French moue been put to such withering use.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 13, 2016
But who cares what unknown forces shaped her mouth into its magnificent moue?
From The Guardian • Oct. 6, 2012
Reznak set the head on a satin pillow at the king’s feet, then scampered away, his mouth twisted up in a moue of distaste.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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The Lingo of Body Language
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