moue
noun
a pouting grimace.
moues
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pluralof moue.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The first lady calls her “a menopausal toddler” — a description that Rachel Dratch, with her repertoire of cringes and moues, fully inhabits.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2022
"I wish somebody would love me," he moues to Martin Milner on a 1950 episode of Life With Father.
From Time Magazine Archive
They may make moues at gnus or gape at apes, gawk at giraffes, elephants and zebras capering au naturel, or goggle at performing beasts, birds and fishes of uncanny talent.
From Time Magazine Archive
If it be for none of all these causes but vpon some sodaine occasion that moues a man to breake of his tale, then thus.
From The Arte of English Poesie by George Puttenham
I played and played, entranced by the fluidity of her movements at the keyboard, her comical moues of concentration when picking out a particularly kicky little riff.
From Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
