(n.) A similar figure moved by the hand or by a wire in a mock drama; a marionette; a wooden actor in a play.
(n.) One controlled in his action by the will of another; a tool; -- so used in contempt.
(n.) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.
Example Sentences:
(1) Facebook Twitter Pinterest A Gays Against Guns protester carries a puppet representing congressman Lee Zeldin.
(2) Alternatively, the politicians could be raising suspicions without evidence to weaken the incoming president, Donald Trump, whom his former opponent Hillary Clinton dubbed a “puppet” of the Russians.
(3) Romney should totally come out with a ventriloquist's puppet called Mr Mittens and channel all answers through him.
(4) Senior Coalition members backed the minister, while accusing unions of being Labor’s puppet masters.
(5) Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey and Tom Hiddleston will be popping up to get pally with the puppets.
(6) Alex Turner has already set about ingratiating himself with the 2013 festival by guesting with his erstwhile partner in the Last Shadow Puppets, Miles Kane, earlier this afternoon, but as he takes to the Pyramid Stage for the Monkeys' headline slot, piling straight into the bluesy electronic throbs of new single Do I Wanna Know in a sharp striped suit and teddy quiff and throwing the odd karate beckoning motion, there's a real sense of points to be proved.
(7) Extreme discomfort and anonymity are the chief challenges faced by puppeteers.
(8) Those who remember the Two Davids of the 1987 SDP-Liberal Alliance will recall the exquisite agony only too well, cruelly captured by the Spitting Image puppet of little Steel perched in big Owen's pocket.
(9) A puppet Government set up at Vichy which may at any moment be forced to become our foe; the whole western seaboard of Europe, from the North Cape to the Spanish frontier, in German hands; all the ports, all the airfields upon this immense front employed against us as potential springboards of invasion.
(10) Three- and 4-year-olds attributed knowledge and perceptual experience to the person (either themselves or the puppet) who had viewed the hidden object, but not to the person who did not view it.
(11) Nothing that transformed the writer into a glove puppet of the manipulators of the media was acceptable to him.
(12) The program includes a self-instructional package presented by a children's puppet.
(13) No, you’re the puppet.” She said the intelligence agencies blamed election-related cyberattacks on Russia.
(14) Lee, a member of the LGBT advocacy group in Northern Ireland Queer Space, wanted a cake featuring Sesame Street puppets Bert and Ernie with the slogan: support gay marriage.
(15) Things that you really wouldn't think about, like for example, you never use the word 'puppet'.
(16) Plans for the show, which has the working title No Strings Attached, are for a puppet presenter interviewing real life celebrities.
(17) With two people to a puppet, synchronised co-ordination was a new challenge.
(18) Anatomical dolls, medical puppets and stuffed animals, toys and games, as well as replicas of medical equipment and furniture are now available to demonstrate more clearly to patients what will be happening to them.
(19) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Boris Johnson: ‘Saudi Arabia and Iran puppeteering in Middle East’ – video It’s true, the Saudis are propping up Yemen’s feeble half-government against a rebellion by Iranian-backed tribal militias.
(20) On the first day of every workshop, there would be a new Joey puppet with new joints or parts, and I'd always go say hello to him.
Puppetry
Definition:
(n.) Action or appearance resembling that of a puppet, or puppet show; hence, mere form or show; affectation.
Example Sentences:
(1) The future is defined by the same old atavistic carnage as ever – which is, as Rosenbaum says, “an ingenious form of doublethink echoed in the very premise of a fantasy of the future beginning with “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away ...” Star Wars cast feel the Force after watching new trailer Read more I don’t hate Star Wars – I love the puppetry, just for starters, and all those beautifully dirty, scum-caked robots.
(2) Young companies have woken up to the fact that puppetry isn't just a way of putting an extra actor on stage without paying food and accommodation costs, but a brilliant theatrical tool.
(3) Puppetry, graphics, art, and discussion were techniques used in a peer group to impart knowledge and decrease anxiety, fear, and negativity.
(4) Hence Theatre de Complicite, Bill Hicks, Steven Berkoff, and, yes, Puppetry of the Penis .
(5) Lucas apparently felt the combination of animatronics and puppetry eventually adopted for Yoda (with legendary Muppeteer Frank Oz providing both movements and voice) would not be realistic enough to convince film-goers.
(6) One critic, complimenting him, said his work has more in common with Morecambe and Wise than with Rattigan and he has made extensive use of songs, dance, masks and puppetry in combination with the muscular and vigorous authority of his writing.
(7) Blackhurst's long-serving predecessor, Simon Kelner, had previously defended Hari, but the claims of "sock puppetry" coincided with the arrival of the new editor.
(8) 5.05pm BST Jamie Jackson on the Van Gaal appointment (with some particularly interesting views on the future of the captaincy at Old Trafford): Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 5.00pm BST An amusing link from RooftopRejoicer below the line – this is how Louis van Gaal was depicted on what was essentially the Spanish version of popular 80s puppetry programme Spitting Image.
(9) He studied puppetry at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnette, and has produced shows since 1998.
(10) Although he does not yet know what he will do with the grant money, Twist said his work in puppetry is labor-intensive and expensive.
(11) Successful use of puppetry for education of children is well documented in literature.
(12) A perfectly English production, it creates its stage effects out of a simple range of old clothes and props, and tells its story through a deft fusion of dance, music, puppetry and text.
(13) The Girl With the Iron Claws was a masterclass in storytelling through puppetry, while Bootworks' five-minute The Incredible Book Eating Boy was a miniature marvel.
(14) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Puppetry artist Basil Twist.
(15) He seemed to have survived the initial plagiarism allegations, but is now facing separate claims of "sock puppetry" – that he used an online alias to hit back at fellow journalists who had criticised his work.
(16) A month later that was followed by further allegations of "sock puppetry", or using an online alias to hit back at journalists and others who criticised his work.
(17) All groups received the "information" procedure that described typical hospitalization and surgery experiences via a puppetry film viewed 1 week prior to hospital admission.