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In addition to co-writing the play with Marshall Pailet, Slater portrayed mime artist Marcel Marceau.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

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

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

Caleb Cartwright raises both hands in a gesture that further clinches his mime thing: black turtleneck, black skinny jeans, black eyeliner, black bowler hat.

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

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

She closes her eyes and mimes her head hitting a pillow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025

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

Others dressed as mimes with frowns painted on their faces.

From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024

Mamita motions to her stomach and mimes eating.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 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

He pretended his group were teenagers from Chester, who mimed along to the video for the song.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2025

Biles, the eventual individual all-around winner, chose a crunching sound as she and her teammates mimed biting their gold medals in a TikTok video that has since amassed 120 million views.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2024

She put down the potato and mimed shuffling and dealing a hand of cards.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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

"He was pretty much non-verbal by that point but, when he heard that, he pointed at himself as if to say 'that's mine' and was miming the words," she says.

From BBC ● Jan. 18, 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

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