mise-en-scene
Example Sentences
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The mise en scène is sumptuously prepared with flourishes of rococo drollery.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Bonus points if you concoct a good rhyme for mise en scène.
From Slate • Jan. 5, 2019
When you see that she’s clutching a wrinkly brown paper bag, the mise en scène becomes somehow sadder.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 8, 2018
But watch out for the gliding staircases that will soon become a crucial part of the mise en scène.
From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2018
But for the mise en scène, and the dramatis personae surrounding him, any one passing at the moment might have mistaken him for an honest man, suffering from some grave and recent misfortune.
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
