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Meanings of mere puppet in English

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Usage of mere puppet in English
1
He was the mere puppet, the opportunity of obedience to the law.
Running Water
2
But Owen became a mere puppet manipulated by Dr. Todd & Amy.
The new yorker
3
In fact, however, by 1552 Edward was no one's mere puppet.
The tudors: the complete story of england's most notorious dynas...
4
This young Cinq-Mars, my friend, will be a mere puppet.
Cinq Mars — Volume 2
5
But, in fact, he was a mere puppet in the hands of some ambitious subject.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4
6
Stephen sank into the mere puppet of the nobles.
Henry the Second
7
You are a mere puppet in the hands of an ambitious woman and an unprincipled adventurer.
The Life of Marie de Medicis, Queen of France, Consort of Henri ...
8
You were a mere puppet; and the strings that moved you were pulled by the Doctor.
Little Novels
9
He is a mere puppet; his mother and Anjou between them pull the strings as they please.
For The Admiral
10
Though placed on the throne by Pizarro, far from remaining a mere puppet in his hands, his conquerors.
History of the Conquest of Peru / With a Preliminary View of the...
11
In short, the new Ameer was, and continued to be, a mere puppet, supported in authority by British bayonets.
Indian Frontier Policy; an historical sketch
12
To him as to her Walter Hine was a mere puppet, a thing without importance-solong as he lived.
Running Water
13
The show of authority was invested in a Nawab who was a mere puppet in the hands of the English company.
The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2
14
The originality of a comic artist is thus expressed in the special kind of life he imparts to a mere puppet.
Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic
15
The closeness of this arrangement has led some to dub Le Pen's niece Marionette -a mere puppet of her grandfather.
The Guardian
16
Our chief magistrate becomes otherwise a mere puppet, and our Congress a shallow mockery, and the shadow only of a legislative body.
Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession / A Novel
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