puppet

Example Sentences

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Elmo, the famous red puppet from Sesame Street, posted on X about the finals earlier this week.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

It takes a lot of know-how to puppet and train a robot, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

The breakout star of the celebrity summer-movie circuit is a wrinkly green puppet.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

At his Senate confirmation hearing, Warsh insisted that he would "absolutely not" be a puppet for the president.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

There’d been no explanation for what she’d done when she’d seen it; her hand had reached out of its own accord as though pulled by a puppet master’s string.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray