Examples of 'was pulling the strings' in a sentence

Meaning of "was pulling the strings"

was pulling the strings - This phrase is commonly used in a figurative sense to describe someone who is covertly controlling or manipulating a situation or other people to achieve a desired outcome

How to use "was pulling the strings" in a sentence

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was pulling the strings
You knew someone was pulling the strings.
She was pulling the strings all along.
Could not smoke out who was pulling the strings.
Guy was pulling the strings.
Chairul did not seek to hide that he was pulling the strings.
Maybe someone was pulling the strings behind him.
Especially if someone in competition with Colson Industries was pulling the strings.
But that hand was pulling the strings.
He was pulling the strings since I was locked up.
Not if he made her believe Nan was pulling the strings.
I was pulling the strings.
As long as nobody saw I was pulling the strings.
Whoever was pulling the strings back then may be the one killing people today.
That… that someone was pulling the strings.
Seems he was pulling the strings in your husband 's fleecing and gettin ' him killed.

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I was a puppet, and my own father was pulling the strings.
Turns out I was pulling the strings all along.
He was a marionette, and someone else was pulling the strings.
And whoever was pulling the strings back then Someone murdered Daryl Doiley.
In county, that marshal that was pulling the strings.
Yes . She was pulling the strings all along.
I had a gut feeling about today … that someone very clever was pulling the strings on me.
Unaware that someone else was pulling the strings and could cut them loose.
When I was working with Mona, she thought red coat was pulling the strings.
So akabane was pulling the strings after all?
Had the railroad police on me . Could not smoke . Guy was pulling the strings.
It had to be . He was pulling the strings since I was locked up.
Could not smoke . Guy was pulling the strings.
Could not smoke . I was pulling the strings.
In county, that marshal that was pulling the strings you got any sense of him?

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