- plural of marionette.
marionettes
Example Sentences
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My timings, my instincts, the way that I thought, the way I saw it in my head could be expressed through these really high-tech marionettes on a computer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
Men who couldn’t, or worse, didn’t want to, were portrayed as marionettes tied to and practically strangled by their mothers’ apron strings.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
And there were women that also did these marionette shows, and they would wear ball gowns to work marionettes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
"In the 1940s marionettes were the predominant style of puppetry, then television came along with The Muppets and that become the predominant image of puppetry," Mr Mander said.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2022
It was as though the masked wizards on the ground were puppeteers, and the people above them were marionettes operated by invisible strings that rose from the wands into the air.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
