puppet

Example Sentences

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Firmin said the person who took the puppet "did the right thing" to confess.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Or that Winston Churchill—who in 1919 said Bolshevism should be strangled in its cradle—became Stalin’s puppet 22 years later?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

And even though there are puppets, he doesn’t call “almighty Opp” a puppet show.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 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

We parked on the street beside the circular brick driveway in front of the Bishops’ house, and Cade carried his puppet book up into the lawn where it would not be seen from the doorway.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith