mime
Example Sentences
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During live shoots, however, background actors stay silent and mime their conversations, “a skill set in and of itself,” Gemmill says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
She recalled how he enjoyed comedy and music, particularly David Bowie, whose songs he would mime along to.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025
Williams would look into the camera, mime taking a drag from a cigarette, throw her head back and say, “I have lived!”
From Salon • Jun. 14, 2025
He rates a podcaster below “movies, TV, recording artist, radio personality, mime and organ grinder monkey.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024
I point to his canteen, and with my hand I mime the drinking motion.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
Vocabulary lists containing mime
Theater - Introductory
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Theater - Middle School
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Theater - High School
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