mime

Example Sentences

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She says she has found a creative outlet in the form of dance, and wants to study dance, mime and physical theatre, but is struggling to find a course she can access.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 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

It was a typical day on the set of Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” and a dead mime was screaming.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024

Maybe that mime on the beach who nearly drowned.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 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