puppet

Example Sentences

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Firmin explained that her mother made the replacement puppet when the original could not be found.

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

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

The squawky puppet voices sounded very loudly in his ears, shouting something to him, but he couldn't make out any of the words.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill