marionette

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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

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

Television’s first puppet superstar was a marionette, Howdy Doody.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2023

Like a smooth marionette, she’s swishing her arms, kicking her legs.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes