puppetlike
- a word derived from puppet.
Example Sentences
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Blond Chyna’s puppetlike white face to stylist Ronben’s blue cyber eyeliner mask.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025
Behind them is another wall with puppetlike images of people, animals, and trees; behind this wall is a fire.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
Here, Shannon’s zany, puppetlike, dad-on-a-safari physical energy might earn him a pass.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 3, 2019
It was unsuitable for children, Disney concluded: Pinocchio was too cocky, too much of a wiseguy, and too puppetlike to be sympathetic.
From Slate • Oct. 24, 2011
Something is wrong with Peeta’s legs; he’s trying to walk but they move in a spastic, puppetlike fashion.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
