mien

[US]/miːn/
[UK]/miːn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. demeanor; bearing; appearance
Word Forms
Pluralmiens

Phrases & Collocations

composed mien

dignified mien

haughty mien

noble mien

Example Sentences

She maintained her serious mien until the interview was over.

Many people don't understand a truth.When the people could applaud the different ideas , he would not has a chickenshit mien but a wonderful mien ,not has a puny power but a strong power.

With his wonted, collected and stately mien , he crossed the unhallowed threshold.

the regal mien of a queen

Real-world Examples

Her eyes, her mien, her whole figure betrayed audacity.

Source: Cliff (Part 1)

You would know this from his mien.

Source: Pan Pan

There was in his mien a mixture of shame and of determination.

Source: The Shackles of Life (Part Two)

I was touched by his gentle tone, and overawed by his high, calm mien.

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

She had something of an estranged mien; the solitude exhaled from the heath was concentrated in this face that had risen from it.

Source: Returning Home

Though many a maiden was intrigued by his haughty mien, and employed her most subtle arts to please him, none succeeded in touching his heart.

Source: The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling

Abandoning everything to the greedy grasp of those around her, the mother darted, with distraction in her mien, to reclaim her child.

Source: The Last of the Mohicans (Chinese)

The companions then went their several ways, the one in crape walking firmly along with a mien of disconnection from her miscellaneous surroundings.

Source: Jude the Obscure (Part Two)

While he was praying aloud, they seemed unable to exhaust their admiration for his fine lace, his gracious mien, and his young and gentle face.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part One)

Two young ladies appeared before me; one very tall, almost as tall as Miss Ingram—very thin too, with a sallow face and severe mien.

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

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