ventriloquized
/vɛnˈtrɪləkwaɪzd/
verb
- Spoke in a way that makes the voice seem to come from somewhere else, especially from a puppet or dummy.
- She ventriloquized her lines while keeping her lips perfectly still.
- During the show, he ventriloquized a conversation between two puppets.
- The performer ventriloquized so convincingly that the audience thought the puppet was talking.
- Expressed or projected one's own thoughts or words through another person or thing, as if they were the source.
- The author ventriloquized her political views through the main character in the novel.
- The coach ventriloquized his instructions through the team captain on the field.
- In the debate, the candidate ventriloquized the talking points of his party's leadership.
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