mugging
Example Sentences
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He would know: His team’s 2025 report featured a photo of the Aerosmith frontman mugging alongside Rizer in his past life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026
But there’s something deeply strange about his performance here, grinning and mugging with childlike wonder in a way that can only be read as disingenuous.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2024
The UK government’s foreign travel advice says crime levels are relatively low in Rwanda, but there are cases of burglary, theft, bag-snatching and mugging in Kigali.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2024
When he isn’t mugging for Reed’s camera he vacillates between a stony-faced refusal to admit guilt and an approximation of remorse.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2024
He presses one shoulder into the wall, crosses his arms, cocks his head, squints his eyes, mugging James Dean better than James Dean.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.