mime
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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
He rates a podcaster below “movies, TV, recording artist, radio personality, mime and organ grinder monkey.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2024
Maybe that mime on the beach who nearly drowned.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2024
If post-prom Jessie texts like my bubbe, post-prom Ethan texts like a mime.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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
As Kingsley tells the story, he mimes methodically making his way through the enormous volume.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
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
Perhaps in a different place, the emergence of mimes on the street looking to earn a few dollars might go unnoticed.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2024
Mamita motions to her stomach and mimes eating.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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
She was the only actor who actually kissed Romano during the audition, while the rest just mimed it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
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
Petra sang another old Boyz Will B Boyz tune to herself and mimed dance steps.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
“It’s called butterfly effect. Epstein was the first domino,” he says, miming dominoes falling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026
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
Ah yes, you have a policy of never miming.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2024
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
Skills: dancing, physical co-ordination, sports, hands on experimentation, using body language, crafts, acting, miming, using their hands to create or build, expressing emotions through the body.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
Vocabulary lists containing mime
Theater - Introductory
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