moue

Example Sentences

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Harper is haunted, and Buckley conveys her anxiety with wide, darting eyes, or twisting her mouth in a moue.

From Salon • May 20, 2022

Its single eye has clearly seen something no mortal eyes were meant to see, and the little moue of its mouth makes it clear that it liked it.

From Slate • Aug. 6, 2021

“I don’t know Prince Andrew,” Trump sighed with a moue, despite there being significant photographic evidence to the contrary.

From The Guardian • Dec. 3, 2019

Dern is in devilish form, right down to the little moue of sympathy that she gives when Nicole says, “I don’t want any money or anything.”

From The New Yorker • Nov. 1, 2019

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