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marionettes

noun as in puppet show

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Played by Brad Dourif, Adam Rain turned his victims into human marionettes.

Like George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life, the fretful marionettes pondered what life would be like without Sarkozy.

But McGwire, unlike Bonds, played journalists like the marionettes they are.

I told them excitedly that a few times during the show puppets and marionettes would drop from the ceiling.

Brother Jenkins, the fraud, of the Society of Seven, is about the most entertaining of the marionettes.

I brought away one of these tickets as a ricordo of the marionettes.

I did not venture to criticise, because the corporal knew all about it, having seen the Story of Hector done by the marionettes.

I had to go into the country for the night, and so was obliged to miss the Resurrection as presented by the marionettes.

It is there on a table, a group of little people of wood, of the size of the marionettes of our theatres.

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On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to marionettes, such as: puppetry, punch and judy show, and puppet play.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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