marionette

Fashion and culture magazine Dazed said it "captured the public's imagination with its broken marionette looks and Pat McGrath's glassy, porcelain make-up".

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2024

And in Burbank, a group of kids ages 9 to 14 known as the Zuppeteers is putting on marionette shows with “no entrance fee and no outside stressors,” according to its Instagram page.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2024

At one point, he seems to become a marionette: the vertical line of the microphone stand dividing him in two, with gyrating arms and legs seemingly independent of each other.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2023

A classic marionette might have eight to 10 strings.

From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2023

Half a dozen kids had materialized, and they gaped and grinned as the she lifted out each marionette.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

My timings, my instincts, the way that I thought, the way I saw it in my head could be expressed through these really high-tech marionettes on a computer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025

Men who couldn’t, or worse, didn’t want to, were portrayed as marionettes tied to and practically strangled by their mothers’ apron strings.

From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2024

The guide to the best California experiences includes a hike through Sequoia National Park’s biggest trees, the wordless grace of Bob Baker’s marionettes and a bowl of ice cream in Strathmore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2022

Built in the 1980s, its use declined as long-string marionettes fell out of fashion in favour of glove and rod puppets like The Muppets.

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2022

“The marionettes don’t just swing around in thin air over a couple of hay bales.”

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker