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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

Littler then proceeded to miss two more match darts of his own, and then made a 'cry-baby' mime to the crowd.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026

So then, if this is Percy and this is Stack, what they would do is he would go get changed, be Smoke, and we would kind of mime the scene.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 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

“And you’ve been letting me mime everything all day!”

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

"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

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

He mimes my free-fall off Devil’s Drop with his mitt of a hand.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

They wanted candy bars and grabbed them off the shelf and mimed taking bites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

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

From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2026

Running her hand through her brittle white hair, she mimed heating water on a gas stove to wash herself in the cold mornings.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 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

She mimed zipping her lips, locking them, and tossing away the imaginary key.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Pop duo Milli Vanilli were stripped of their Grammy Award for best new artist in 1990, when it was discovered that the members, Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus, had been miming to someone else's vocals.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 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

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

She would speak only English, gesturing or miming to give us hints, if she was feeling generous.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros