The phrase "a mild expression of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a gentle or subdued way of conveying a feeling or opinion.
Example: "Her comment was a mild expression of disappointment, indicating she expected more from the presentation."
Alternatives: "a gentle indication of" or "a soft reflection of".
'Technically, yes,' he says, a mild expression of distaste on his noble face.
The title of Auden's essay, "The Dyer's Hand", is just a mild expression of the drift.
There were no angry shouts or inflammatory signs from the crowd, just a mild expression of disappointment with what has become familiar over the last two years.
("I hope the sign is OK," wrote one commenter, a mild expression of the same disgust for West that prompted petitions in protest at him headlining Glastonbury this year).
His genuine smiles have even gone up a notch recently, and he's almost always placid, but lately for the first time he's been narrowing his eyes in a mild expression of anger, as if he's working into the groove of being more combative".
A mild expression of threat indicated by a half open mouth.
The L. plantarum strains used in this study often showed similar phenotypes, or some of them had ambiguously defined phenotypes such as "Maybe" due to either mild expression of a trait or possibly experimental error.
A recent Dutch study reported that calf mortality differed very little between herds with low and high SBV seroprevalence during the second half of 2011, a finding that mirrors the relatively mild expression of SBV infection in adult cows [ 10].
We've put them in a list, in order from the most mild expression of margarita love to the completely fanatical.
The mild expression of cystic fibrosis in this family provides evidence for a form of cystic fibrosis that is intrinsically less debilitating than the classic form.
