marionette
Example Sentences
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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
Christmas lights glisten, a communal tree beckons to be decorated and a marionette handler wanders the grounds.
From Los Angeles Times
When she forced a cheery smile, she took on the appearance of a badly painted marionette.
From Literature
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.
“Initially, when I pitched the show I wanted to do an Almodóvar film with marionettes and Adult Swim very wisely said, ‘This is going to create more complications for you,’” he recalls.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
