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marionette

[mar-ee-uh-net] / ˌmær i əˈnɛt /


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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

It can also reduce the appearance of pores and minimize wrinkles like marionette lines, which go from the nose to the mouth.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 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

She trailed strands of leftover spider silk from her arms and legs like the strings of a marionette, but somehow, amazingly, none of the debris had hit her.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan




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