How to Use mime in a Sentence

mime

1 of 2 noun
  • Never trust a man who hates a mime.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Trump clutched his throat and lolled his tongue in a somewhat graphic mime of choking.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2020
  • Expertise in using one’s body (think dancers or mimes).
    — Big Think, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Demoustier holds her nose and mimes gagging.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 13 May 2026
  • The horses are on one end of a giant lever controlled by actors in mime faces on the ground.
    — Maggie Hendricks, For The Win, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Jackson grew up in Big Bethel church, sang and performed on the mime team.
    — Curtis Bunn, Indianapolis Star, 12 Feb. 2018
  • As forms of wordless storytelling, mime and music are sister arts that rarely share a stage.
    — Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 2 June 2017
  • Instead, the actors gather in four groups on stage and mime the action of being tossed about by the waves.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Instead, someone hands me a wooden pole with a piece of foam taped around one end and mimes poking the machine in its chest.
    — James Vincent, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Instead, someone hands me a wooden pole with a piece of foam taped around one end and mimes poking the machine in its chest.
    — James Vincent, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Sanders responded by silently mouthing words without speaking, like a mime.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Look for mimes, buskers and street performers throughout the festival.
    — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2018
  • Features multiple groups including choirs, mime team and dance troupe.
    — Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com, 2 Jan. 2018
  • Spider-Man pressed his hands against an imaginary screen, like a mime trying to escape.
    — Neima Jahromi, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Emily bails to cheer up Mindy and leaves Madeline to get hazed by the only mime in Paris.
    — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2021
  • There is a lot of plot, which in dance requires a lot of narrative mime; most of it, and its music, is forgettable.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Each evening, the woman’s family would gather outside the window, call her phone, and mime through the glass.
    — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2020
  • That includes musicians, dancers, mimes, clowns, singers, magicians, artists and more.
    — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Though the great mime and this little, silent girl shared perhaps the most crucial chapter of their lives, time and fame will erect gates between them.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
  • From ringmasters and lions to clowns and mimes, everyone went all out with their party attire.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Le Hop has already posted a video, including the appearance of a mime.
    — Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2019
  • Hoffberger dropped out of high school to study mime in Paris with the legendary Marcel Marceau.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2022
  • With a mime always in pocket, Cirque du Soleil productions don’t rely on language.
    — Dylan Owens, The Know, 7 June 2017
  • Imagine walking into a room full of mimes and pretending to shoot one of them with a bow and arrow, Mastroianni says.
    — Sofia Quaglia, Popular Science, 29 June 2023
  • When asked whether Shedeur would take snaps in the game, Shilo responded with his brother's viral mime routine.
    — Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Kris, or Pepe (her mime name), starts by making silent movements outside of Khloé’s family-room window.
    — Mariah Smith, The Cut, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Robert Shields, a famous American mime also in town for the festival told the audience that this was not part of the act.
    — Tommy Rowan, Philly.com, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Slater stars in the intimate show as famous French mime Marcel Marceau, born in 1923.
    — Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Sobelle, a kinetic performer trained in the arts of clowning and mime, slides a few panels of the frame of a house across the stage and proceeds to attach a plastic tarp with a staple gun.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Ellie the Elephant was also in attendance, doing an impressive book-reading mime routine on the red carpet.
    — Emma Alpern, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2025

mime

2 of 2 verb
  • She mimed picking up the phone and dialing a number.
  • He mimed playing a guitar.
  • Panahi mimed cradling a reptile the size of a kitten.
    — H. C. Wilentz, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Colbert then fell silent and mimed zipping his lips shut.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
  • We would be given earpieces that would play the last take and mime it out.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Stray Cat, in full black latex, mimed licking her paws.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
  • The actors are meant to make use of furnishings at hand and mime the rest.
    — Daryl H. Miller, latimes.com, 14 June 2019
  • Mostert lies in the end zone, mimes paddling out on a board, then leaps up into a surf stance.
    — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Axel, in response, mimed crying in his seat.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Nov. 2025
  • In My Feelings and doing a dance that mimes the lyrics in the song.
    — Charles Curtis, For The Win, 9 July 2018
  • Abad rolled a baseball and Hoskins charged, scooped it with his glove and mimed a throw to the infield.
    — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Swift said, miming Jason holding up his beer can.
    — Rachel McRady, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Then, set a 60-second timer for the group to guess what each player is miming.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Some movements were big, like Greenlee’s, who crouched and mimed turning the wheel of a car.
    — Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Oh, and who can forget the ski shows, with guys and girls in bathing suits miming to pop songs about romance on the beach.
    — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 11 July 2018
  • Through gestures and miming, Carias learned how to become a puppeteer.
    — Joelle Estelle Mendoza, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Harris told me, miming fireworks.
    — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Hosseini mimed firing a shot at the flag of the UAE.
    — Jon Gambrell, Arkansas Online, 18 May 2026
  • Hosseini mimed firing a shot at the flag of the UAE.
    — Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 17 May 2026
  • Instead of getting upset himself, Busch mimed wiping away fake tears to the crowd.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 24 May 2026
  • Kihyun and Minhyun begin to mime how Shownu rubs skin-care products around his face.
    — Devon Abelman, Allure, 27 July 2018
  • Instead, the three floors are all on the same level, and the actors mime clambering up and down the steps that connect them.
    — Terry Teachout, WSJ, 27 July 2017
  • The first film co-stars mimes Shields and Yarnell, as a $600 bionic man and woman.
    — David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com, 23 June 2017
  • Marceau learned to mime to survive and save the lives of Jewish orphans whose parents were killed by the Nazis.
    — Washington Post, 19 May 2017
  • As if constrained by unseen forces, three players mimed the act of performing without making any sounds.
    — John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 17 May 2017
  • Who’s decided that there will be no tree on this country road and that all props — carrots, bags and baskets, whip — will be mimed in thin air?
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Both actors mimed inflating like balloons.
    — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Throughout the conference, Korine mimed taking puffs of his cigar.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Then Schumer mimes pulling out a tampon and hypnotizing her coworker with it.
    — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 20 Mar. 2019
  • The last pair at the prom are Gia and Electric Metric, who mime out a winning little skit.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2021

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