mien

Example Sentences

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In his cratered and ravaged mien we see the impress of time, yet also dignity and fortitude.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

Possessing a round and pleasant face, Kinnear does not, at first glance, seem the obvious next initiate into a society that favors the more chiseled mien.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024

Instead, the carefully prepared Cohen was subdued and succinct, admitting his lies and misdeeds in service of Donald Trump with a sorrowful mien.

From Salon • May 15, 2024

People often smile at McCall, perhaps drawn to his looks, his quiet mien and the restrained intensity of his physicality, as if he were holding back a great and terrifying force.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2023

Then they hooked little fingers and shook hands gravely with the mien of bankers at a convention.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy