puppet
Example Sentences
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Very gently, she turned it over; its body moved stiffly, like a puppet.
From Literature
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Just as I was beginning to clear my mind for another night of work in Hut 6, Jarvis comes toward me with his loose puppet strides.
From Literature
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Metz’s workshop is directly behind Fairyland’s puppet stage, and it’s a mini marionette museum, filled with books, pictures and, of course, puppets.
From Los Angeles Times
Even the most advanced humanoid machines often rely on stiff, exaggerated mouth motions that resemble a puppet, assuming they have a face at all.
From Science Daily
Neither, despite his background in France and having a French wife, has he been accused of being a puppet of Paris.
From BBC
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