Mien

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Definition: bearing, demeanor, attitude, or facial expression

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From The Covenant:

By accident, he caught a glimpse of the king’s face and saw that, too, has assumed a solemn mien.

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In Monsters, when describing movie critics:

In the screening room, the front-row center seats belonged to the two daily papers, papers given human form in the persons of two white men of unblinking mien.

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