mien
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.: a man of noble mien.
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How to use mien in a sentence
Scott, who rode the Tea Party wave into office in 2010, had a much different mien.
Rick Scott & Rick Perry: A Tale of Two Ricks in Palm Beach | Daniel Gross | April 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTElegant, minimally clad mannequins view passersby with an arrogant mien.
In contrast to the serious, scholarly mien that cloaks her usual nonfiction, this book is rich with poetry and pathos.
With their muscled gender-obliterating mien, they compelled few people to listen as they performed.
Santa Cruz embraced him, with more agitation than his stately mien might have announced.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane Porter
The priest of Nicaragua with solemn mien strides up the aisle and lights the altar candles with the fire struck from his cigar.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.He rose too, and across the table he confronted his guest, his mien haughty, his eyes imperious.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniHis mien was terrific, and his voice the more threatening in that it was not raised above a whisper.
Mistress Wilding | Rafael SabatiniUnfortunately all this paper does not feed him; and he is so thin, has such a mien, that you ask yourself on what he lives.
The Nabob | Alphonse Daudet
British Dictionary definitions for mien
/ (miːn) /
literary a person's manner, bearing, or appearance, expressing personality or mood: a noble mien
Origin of mien
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