pantomime
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And now, it’s coming after the pantomime chuggers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
A broadcaster and pantomime regular, he had limited experience of TV drama.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Christopher Luscombe’s production of “The Magic Flute” wittily transformed Mozart’s Singspiel into a British pantomime, a closely related theatrical tradition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
For Lancashire Police Det Ch Insp Andy Fallows, who was the senior investigating officer on the case, Varley's behaviour in hospital was "almost like a pantomime".
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
“Then, when it rushes over to put it out ” She made a pantomime with both hands of something falling.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Kingsley pantomimes resisting repeated entreaties amid the cacophony.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
While pantomimes often feature big names and familiar faces, it is less common for a politician to get involved – but not unheard of.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
His characters may be confined by their circumstances but their imaginations are set free in theatrical games, pantomimes and nostalgic reveries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025
She also did her fair share of pantomimes before her musical theatre career kicked off with a part alongside Paul O'Grady in Prisoner Cell Block H: The Musical.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2025
She pantomimes gardening gestures at me and taps her index finger on an imaginary watch.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
First, there’s a pantomimed back story: During the overture, actors depicting the lovers as young teens flirt and are discouraged by adults.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
Meyers, hearing her teammate talk that talk, snapped her fingers and pantomimed a mic drop.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2023
Cummings pantomimed the feeling of menstrual cramps and clutched her stomach in agony in one of the first explorations of menstruation and repetition through time-based art.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
One of the pub’s patron’s, George Parrin, 77, pantomimed a heart attack when the voices soared.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2021
“Better but—here, it’s like Kerch is a gazelle. It hops from word to word,” she pantomimed.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
Mohammad Javad Zarif, who was then Iran’s foreign minister, would sometimes retreat to the back of the room during the nuclear talks and put his head in his hands, pantomiming despair.
From Slate ● May 1, 2026
You may find yourself pantomiming with one of your feet to your children in the persona of “Mr. Stinkyfoot,” a somewhat boorish Frenchman who espouses the importance of cleanliness and the needs for a bath.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
“I just, you know, I get the routing,” he said, pantomiming looking at a check, “and then I see the number and I go, ‘I’ll go.’”
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2025
After the Heat called a timeout, a courtside fan near the Celtics’ bench could be seen pantomiming fanning White on the sideline.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024
Anatole peers from side to side, pantomiming Portuguese astonishment.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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