marionettes
- plural of marionette.
Example Sentences
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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.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
Another crucial inspiration during the initial development of the character was the work of Royal de Luxe, a street theater company based in Nantes, France, that specializes in creating large-scale marionettes.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
And there were women that also did these marionette shows, and they would wear ball gowns to work marionettes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
"In the 1940s marionettes were the predominant style of puppetry, then television came along with The Muppets and that become the predominant image of puppetry," Mr Mander said.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2022
“Another true piece of myself I recovered: I remembered that I’d made some marionettes for my little nieces when I was a teenager. I remembered how much I loved carving the wood.”
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
