mien

Example Sentences

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Squinting in the morning sun, she had bat ears, a downturned mouth and the mien of a pissed-off mother-in-law.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

It captures some of the inquisitive humanity that Steinmetz, a tall and direct people’s person with a John Malkovich mien, conveys in life.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2024

Instead, the carefully prepared Cohen was subdued and succinct, admitting his lies and misdeeds in service of Donald Trump with a sorrowful mien.

From Salon • May 15, 2024

Audiences delighted in the personality of Judge Lance Ito and the beach bum mien of witness Kato Kaelin.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024

Perhaps we may have noticed an oddly shaped insect of ferocious mien on a bush in the garden and been dimly aware that the praying mantis lives at the expense of other insects.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson