marionette
noun
mar·i·o·nette
ˌmer-ē-ə-ˈnet 
: a small-scale usually wooden figure (as of a person) with jointed limbs that is moved from above by manipulation of the attached strings or wires
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As Samira hides out in the marionette theater with a crowd of strangers (including Djimon Hounsou, the film’s lone connection to the previous installment), military choppers fly overhead, broadcasting instructions: Keep silent.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 June 2024
The performance, which sees Redmayne contort like a broken marionette in a party hat, strays from previous incarnations of the character, who’s meant to evoke a kind of funhouse hedonism oblivious to the winds of Nazism gaining strength outside the cabaret doors.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2024
Biden is an aging marionette dancing for the progressive wing of his party.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 15 June 2024
First, there's sagging or loose skin on the face and body, which includes sagging of the jowls, sagging of the central face, and marionette lines.
—Deanna Pai, Allure, 12 June 2024
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 June 2024
The performance, which sees Redmayne contort like a broken marionette in a party hat, strays from previous incarnations of the character, who’s meant to evoke a kind of funhouse hedonism oblivious to the winds of Nazism gaining strength outside the cabaret doors.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2024
Biden is an aging marionette dancing for the progressive wing of his party.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 15 June 2024
First, there's sagging or loose skin on the face and body, which includes sagging of the jowls, sagging of the central face, and marionette lines.
—Deanna Pai, Allure, 12 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for marionette
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marionette
noun
mar·i·o·nette
ˌmar-ē-ə-ˈnet
ˌmer-
: a puppet moved by attached strings or wires
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