How to use mime in a sentence

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• While waiting for the bus, I amused myself by performing a mime interpretation of the Gettysburg Address.From the entry amused
• Whiteface is sometimes worn by clowns and mimes, or in the Gothic subculture.From the entry whiteface
• Another nonconformist aesthetic, Clowncore, emulates the style of clowns, mimes, and jesters.2020, Piper Dafforn, “At the Core”, in Season, volume 3, number 1 (Don’t Put Me on Hold!), pages 4 and 7. From the entry clowncore
• Or a mime taste the cakes on the Bake Off’s An Extra Slice?2014 October 27, Michael Twaits, “How can we make cabaret a sustainable career in the performing arts?”, in The Guardian. From the entry chicken and egg
• She's miming a commodified femininity, and comes across as if she's imitating a drag-queen imitating Beyoncé.2013 October 7, Noah Berlatsky, “Of Course Miley Cyrus Is a Sham”, in The Atlantic. From the entry commodified
• A remarkable example of such saturnic mime is provided by Plato’s Symposium.1997, Olga M. Freidenberg, Image and Concept: Mythopoetic Roots of Literature, page 112. From the entry saturnic
• A mimed sequence might enliven Johnny's visit to the great thereafter; or the battle royal might be painted on a backdrop.2022, Jody Enders, Immaculate Deception and Further Ribaldries, →ISBN, page 243. From the entry thereafter
• It's all mouthing and miming, facial expression and hand flailing.2014, Emma Chase, Tied. From the entry mouth
• Students on either side of B give B a karate chop by miming a sideways karate chop — without any touching.2014, Larry Swartz, Dramathemes: Classroom Literacy that Will Excite, Surprise, and Stimulate Learning, Markham, Ont.: Pembroke Publishers…. From the entry huh
• Although she tends not to be a dance actor of spontaneity, she was suddenly vivid in her mime reply to Carabosse and her calm counterprophecy, judiciously timed.2008 June 18, Alastair Macaulay, “Ballet Theater’s Revised ‘Beauty’ Spotlights a Very Busy Prince”, in New York Times. From the entry counterprophecy
• While he did not see these experiments as anti-textual, the most significant contribution to the clown world from the Copeau years was the development of modern French mime.2003, Donald McManus, No Kidding!: Clown as Protagonist in Twentieth-Century Theatre, page 33. From the entry clown world
• Imitating the master magician, and after chattering in monkeyese, Sherlock held his right hand to his mouth and mimed blowing into it, as if inflating a balloon.1986, B[arbara] B[ryant] Hiller, Neil W. Hiller, “A Touch of Magic”, in On the Far Side of the Mirror, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Inc.…. From the entry monkeyese
• Crabbe caught the eye of the oboist, an ancient man with dignified moustaches, and mimed that they were going round to the front, to watch the real thing, the shadows.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 555. From the entry moustache

Meaning of mime

1. noun A form of acting without words; pantomime.
2. noun A pantomime actor.
3. noun A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce.

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Questions about mime in a sentence

How do you use mime in a sentence?

Mime is used as a noun and verb. For example: “In this game, you're given a word, which you have to mime to the others in the group.”

What is a short sentence with mime?

“It's all mouthing and miming, facial expression and hand flailing.”

What does mime mean?

Mime means a form of acting without words; pantomime.