Sentence examples for only a puppet from inspiring English sources

Only a puppet could do this, or do it fast.

National Counter-terrorism AgenChiefief Suhardi Alius said the suspect was only a "puppet".

But he was always only a puppet of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the terror group's leader, and his emirs.

The hiring of Collins shattered the notion that Sandy Alderson, the new general manager, would hire only a puppet type to manage the team according to the strict direction of the front office.

Ducking behind the brogue and adopting a silly voice, he didn't so much tell jokes as explain that, because Conti's monkey was only a puppet, and this was a real shoe, his was the superior act.

It is a mistake to believe that the man with the golden key is "only" a puppet when he acts out a story that alters the inside of your head; it is also a mistake to cover your eyes and wish away the strings.

* * * Joaquin Balaguer knew he had only been a puppet president while Trujillo had been alive, but things were now different.

"When we started, there was only a Peter puppet and Nana the dog," she said.

Pink Poodle is not only a cuddly puppet blanket, she also spends her days as a street walker when the kids are at school.

Pink Poodle is not only a cuddly puppet blanket, she spends her days as a street walker when the kids are at school.

There is something persuasive in that, not least because one of the greatest filmed dance sequences remains that of the hippopotami and the crocodiles in Fantasia; in "I Got No Strings", Pinocchio becomes one of cinema's greatest dancers, transcending – as only an animated puppet could, yet all the while also remaining an awkward child – all the limitations and constraints of the body.