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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If the Giuseppe marionette from And Just Like That is still giving you the kind of nightmares that plague Sebastiano Pigazzi's character, don't worry.
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EW.com, 19 Aug. 2025
But these Titans aren’t going to be manned behind a curtain like a marionette.
—Megan Dubois, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Giuseppe’s roommate is a creepy old man who enters his room unannounced with an Annabelle-ish marionette carved and painted in Giuseppe’s likeness.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2025
Clicking and clacking, a tiny wooden marionette lifts an apple to his mouth ad finitum.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2025
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EW.com, 19 Aug. 2025
But these Titans aren’t going to be manned behind a curtain like a marionette.
—Megan Dubois, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Giuseppe’s roommate is a creepy old man who enters his room unannounced with an Annabelle-ish marionette carved and painted in Giuseppe’s likeness.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2025
Clicking and clacking, a tiny wooden marionette lifts an apple to his mouth ad finitum.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for marionette
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“Marionette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marionette. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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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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