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
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
The predominantly male performers in Kerala and parts of neighbouring Karnataka embody deities through elaborate costumes, face paint, and trance-like dances, mime and music.
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2024
Maybe that mime on the beach who nearly drowned.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2024
A mime is being pelted with zucchini by her.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing mime
Theater - Introductory
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Theater - Middle School
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Theater - High School
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