puppetlike

She felt stiff, sick, puppetlike, her legs and arms disjointed.

Hollywood Husband Contract Wife Porter, Jane 2006

They charged with jerky puppetlike movements and in their hands they clutched heavy clubs and axes.

Death Stalks The Ruins Adams, Stephen 2005

People, chancellor and king moved puppetlike on the strings he worked.

Rogues In The House Howard, Robert E. 2003

People, chancellor and king moved puppetlike on the strings he worked.

Conan Howard, Robert E. & De Camp, L. Sprague & Carter, Lin 1966

It was unsuitable for children, Disney concluded: Pinocchio was too cocky, too much of a wiseguy, and too puppetlike to be sympathetic.

Slate Articles Nathaniel Rich 2011

These sculptural elements, which have polytheistic titles like "Purging Cyclops Being" and "Oval Tree Double Owls Oceania," are a little too friendly and puppetlike to stir the psyche.

NYT > Home Page By KAREN ROSENBERG 2011

In his guise as a dragon, the giant Fafner the formidable bass Hans-Peter König was a huge, puppetlike thing with scaly skin, spiky teeth and glassy eyes: a little too cute.

NYT > Home Page By ANTHONY TOMMASINI 2011

Brown concurs: "The more horselike the puppet became, the more puppetlike I found the human actors."

The Guardian World News Patrick Kingsley 2011

Facial expressions and puppetlike controls deserve a place in actual games, and we hope developers will be able to integrate them into gameplay in the near future.

Ars Technica Casey Johnston 2011

In this enthusiastic adaptation, readers follow a stylized puppetlike Alice on her adventures, which are illustrated with elaborate mixed-media collages featuring a madcap assortment of books, clocks, and photographs, as well as doors and windows that open.

Publishers Weekly - Children's Books News 2010