7 sentences with 'puppet'
Example sentences and phrases with the word puppet and other words derived from it.
• « Their control of Egypt lasted barely two generations, ending when the puppet pharaoh set up by the Assyrians revolted and drove them out of Egypt. »
• « However, Rome continued to fight the Seleucids for several more years, eventually reducing the Seleucid king Antiochus III to a puppet of Rome. »
• « In 172 BC Rome sent an army and Macedonia was defeated in 168 BC. Rome divided Macedonia into puppet republics, plundered Macedonian allies and lorded it over the remaining Greek polis. »
• « Pilate tried to hand the case over to the local Jewish puppet king, Herod, who in turn refused and handed Jesus back to Pilate. In the end, Jesus was executed by the Roman government for inciting rebellion, using the traditional Roman punishment of crucifixion. »
• « Jesus travelled and taught in the Roman province of Palestine and nearby Roman-dominated puppet kingdoms for three years, but was then arrested by Roman authorities for inciting rebellion. »
• « Safavid rule was revived by Shah Abbas I (r. 1587 - 1629). Placed on the throne as a puppet by his Turkish warlord "protector" in 1587, Abbas went on to seize royal power and used it to restore Iran's military, commercial and political strength. »
• « In this way, the British East India Company expanded its power in India over the next century, directly controlling some territories, indirectly controlling others through puppet Indian princes, and economically dominating others. »