marionette

Example Sentences

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An air of phoniness looms over the characters, who appear like marionettes in Coté’s cool, distant tableaux.

From New York Times

Another crucial inspiration during the initial development of the character was the work of Royal de Luxe, a street theater company based in Nantes, France, that specializes in creating large-scale marionettes.

From New York Times

She learned how to create marionettes, write scripts and perform.

From New York Times

He would sometimes refer to himself as “the marionette.”

From Washington Post

“You’ve probably seen that famous photo of Albert Einstein holding a marionette of himself. That was a marionette that those guys made at the Turnabout Theater.”

From Los Angeles Times