It felt like all my strings had been cut.

But now the string had been cut that kept him bound to the Summer half of his life.

The important thing is what you do once your strings are cut loose.

The guy just fell down like his strings were cut.

She sat down suddenly, like a puppet whose strings had been cut.

The man collapsed like a puppet whose strings had been cut.

"When that string is cut, a lot of bodies are going to fall away."

Then it was as if he were a marionette whose strings had been cut.

He felt like a marionette whose strings had been cut.

Some people just sat down as if their strings had been cut, on the ground if necessary.