Example sentences for: puppet

How can you use “puppet” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Los Angeles Times dismissed Sinn Fein boss Gerry Adams as "a puppet of the IRA's hard men."

  • A rebuff to President Clinton by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdallah at the funeral of King Hussein of Jordan last week was heralded in the Saudi press Thursday as evidence that the country wasn't a pawn or a puppet of the United States.

  • Often it is decorated as a star or an animal, such as a burro or elephant, but it can also be a fruit or a puppet.

  • It comes as quite a shock to watch a warrior performing his final gesture of ritual suicide and realize that it’s only a puppet.

  • The word matachines can translate to mean “clowning” or “trickery,” but can also mean “puppet player,” “jester,” and “buffoon.”


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