mien
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It brings me no pleasure to report that Trump possessed the perfect mien for the performance of wrestling.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
His briefcase-carrying mien made Jackie think he was a lawyer, and we learn he graduated from Harvard but dropped out of law school as “an act of personal protest,” or so he claims.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Possessing a round and pleasant face, Kinnear does not, at first glance, seem the obvious next initiate into a society that favors the more chiseled mien.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024
Cakes selected a clown with a gun, as De Niro’s mien scowled on the screen above.
From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2024
Two young ladies appeared before me; one very tall, almost as tall as Miss Ingram—very thin too, with a sallow face and severe mien.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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