Puppets
[pʌpits]
Examples
- What are we (I ask) but puppets in a show-box? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- While the routineers see machinery and precedents revolving with mankind as puppets, he puts the deliberate, conscious, willing individual at the center of his philosophy. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But aside from the disappearance of those entertaining puppets, all else is gain in the creation of this new art. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The strong, masterful personality of Holmes dominated the tragic scene, and all were equally puppets in his hands. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He is proud to think that his Puppets have given satisfaction to the very best company in this empire. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Edited by Elena