How to Use puppeteer in a Sentence

puppeteer

noun
  • Many of the puppeteers have been with the troupe for eight years.
    — Laura Latzko, azcentral, 29 Apr. 2020
  • As for Olaf, there’s no puppeteer.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026
  • But the other puppeteers were on the legs.
    — Emma Forgione, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The group is then controlled by a puppeteer as the boys begin to fly.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Instead, Rocky was present, played by a puppeteer.
    — Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
  • This was a job for Grant Lehmann, puppeteer and ear wrangler.
    — New York Times, 4 June 2021
  • Being a puppeteer on a show Kim watched growing up was a dream come true.
    — CBS News, 15 Nov. 2021
  • They were then brought to life on the Vancouver set by a team of puppeteers.
    — Jen Yamato, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2019
  • Those are the obsequious words the puppeteer has been waiting to hear.
    — Perri Klass, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2022
  • Pickett had slowed them down and sped his teammate up, playing puppeteer with the pace.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2025
  • No one knows better what the Muppets can or can’t do than their puppeteers.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Both the bear and Yoda are brought to life by puppeteer Frank Oz.
    — Chris Barlow, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Talkbacks led by puppeteer Blair Thomas also will take place each night.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 10 Aug. 2020
  • In all, Jones had four puppeteers working on the two animals.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Her ambition was never to be the center of a story but to be a puppeteer.
    — Maria Fontoura, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2022
  • The groom, who is 30 and known as Will, is a puppeteer in Charleston.
    — New York Times, 14 May 2017
  • Through gestures and miming, Carias learned how to become a puppeteer.
    — Joelle Estelle Mendoza, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • So a lot of my costuming and designs of characters were in shapes and forms to hide the puppeteers.
    — Jevon Phillips, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2019
  • If the puppeteer is really seeing the thing, the audience will see the thing.
    — Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2023
  • So what does the live show look like without the camera and studio magic that helps hide the puppeteers onscreen?
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The frosting on the cake was a performance by puppeteer Brad Shur.
    — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 11 Apr. 2018
  • There was no longer a press-office puppeteer telling actors how to dress or what to say, no studio image to protect.
    — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Trump is reckless and has surrounded himself with puppeteers.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Masha is power and so that’s what’s so appealing — and then also getting to be the puppeteer of this whole group.
    — Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
  • Right away, some wondered whether Red would be the puppeteer and Russ would be the marionette.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2021
  • Who was the superior puppeteer of would-be lovers and young heroines who stuck to their principles?
    — Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
  • From this angle the audience cannot see the puppeteers who are shoulder-to-shoulder behind the stage.
    — Alan Berner, The Seattle Times, 20 Oct. 2018
  • Cliff divers jump and twirl into a blue lagoon, puppeteers put on tableside shows and magicians make the rounds.
    — Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • One of my very first jobs was as a puppeteer in Italian and Spanish television.
    — Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
  • That led the puppeteer to do a deep dive into how humans have been represented through sculpture in a softer way.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2025

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