puppet

Example Sentences

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She said there had been a campaign in the 70s to find the puppet and no-one knew it had been taken by people on a day trip to London.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

One kind and patient spectator conscripted to play the school counselor had to remove her shoe to improvise a sock puppet, one of the tools of her empathetic practice.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

For the price of a regular movie ticket, the Roxy’s patrons could also watch the singer, the puppet show and the comedian, live.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Dunk, a hedge knight who cannot abide the strong preying on the weak, might have intervened regardless of his romantic feelings for Tanselle, the Dornish puppet master who treated him kindly.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

“She turned you from half puppet to all puppet. I’m supposed to be glad about that?”

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine