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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

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

Style: Dylan performed in mime makeup and a broad-brimmed hat bedecked in flowers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2024

He rates a podcaster below “movies, TV, recording artist, radio personality, mime and organ grinder monkey.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2024

The passive trains the reader’s gaze on someone who’s having something done to him: See that mime?

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

"Like this," she says, laughing as she mimes the song's signature perfume-spraying move.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

He fidgets with a pair of eyeglasses and points a knobby index finger to underscore a point, jiggles his leg restlessly and, at one point, mimes playing guitar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

She closes her eyes and mimes her head hitting a pillow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025

Bogotá’s unorthodox mayor, Antanas Mockus—who rose to fame after mooning student protesters and deployed mimes to control traffic—viewed the activity as a gambit “to achieve self-regulation in the behavior among citizens.”

From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2024

The gulls were feathered mimes now, opening and closing their beaks noiselessly, and the waves were crashing with foam and spray but no roar.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

One audience member closed her eyes and mimed conducting as the artists played Mozart, while another tapped her caregiver's arm as if there were piano keys.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

He mimed falling asleep at the question and said he hadn’t heard about it.

From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2026

After a couple of successful kicks, Matsuzawa even mimed a swing from another spectacular Japanese athlete who wears No. 17: Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025

He pretended his group were teenagers from Chester, who mimed along to the video for the song.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2025

Resa mimed taking a knife from her belt, looking so grim that Dustfinger almost laughed out loud.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

Alicia Washington’s direction was clear, though she was understandably flummoxed about how to stage musician characters who don’t play their instruments and resorted to miming and posing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025

Ward lobbed one up for receiver Kyle Williams, who beat cornerback Travis Hunter so thoroughly that he immediately held up his wrist, miming CU quarterback Shedeur Sanders’ signature celebration.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2023

The show's creator, Richard O'Brien, took over singing duties for the opening number, but they made sure Patricia could still put her stamp on the song - miming the number in bright red lipstick.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2023

Shannon: It was all, like, miming, opening refrigerators, taking a drink.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

I heard some laughter from the audience and realized that Luke had wriggled to the front and was miming the words to the song.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter