marionette

/ˌmæɹi.əˈnɛt/

noun 2verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

beautiful, dead, disobedient, happy, longer, simple, watched, wooden

VERB + MARIONETTE

answered, break, carved, flash, like, make, mind, shade

MARIONETTE + NOUN

hours, pinocchio, teeth, theater, wood

PREP.

from, in, into, off

ADV.

always, disgustedly

noun

A puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings.

If you think we are worked by strings, Like a Japanese marionette, You don't understand these things: It is simply Court etiquette.

The buffel duck.

verb

To control (somebody) as if they were a puppet; to manipulate.

noun — a small figure of a person operated from above with strings

If you think we are worked by strings, Like a Japanese marionette, You don't understand these things: It is simply Court etiquette.

Wiktionary

How ridiculous I was as a Marionette! And how happy I am, now that I have become a real boy!

Tatoeba · #897039

No... you're just a simple marionette.

Tatoeba · #1153396

I thought of making myself a beautiful wooden marionette.

Tatoeba · #2722414

I want a piece of wood to make a marionette. Will you give it to me?

Tatoeba · #2722430

As soon as he reached home, Geppetto took his tools and began to cut and shape the wood into a marionette.

Tatoeba · #2722435

i Register

In some senses, marionette is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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