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

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

But who cares what unknown forces shaped her mouth into its magnificent moue?

From The Guardian • Oct. 6, 2012

“Meet the new face of tranquility,” says the tagline above her miserable moue.

From Slate • Oct. 5, 2011

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