mien

Example Sentences

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In his cratered and ravaged mien we see the impress of time, yet also dignity and fortitude.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

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

His vaguely lined mien suggests premature strain, which feels at odds with a character we’re to take as an expert dissembler, not to say a sociopath.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2024

People often smile at McCall, perhaps drawn to his looks, his quiet mien and the restrained intensity of his physicality, as if he were holding back a great and terrifying force.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2023

He walked out; and the others followed him with lugubrious mien.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson