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damsel

[dam-zuhl] / ˈdæm zəl /


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Above us swallows dart through the air, Graeme takes a picture of a damsel fly and the brook to our side continues to babble.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2024

“There are tales of chivalry, where the heroic knight saves the damsel in distress,” a young woman’s voice intones as “Damsel” begins.

From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2024

Brash, violent protector Buffy turns to into a delicate damsel and stays in distress for much of the episode.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2023

But also, it has a lot of humor surrounding it, because it's that damsel in distress kind of character.

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2023

With this, we bade farewell to the damsel, and were left to each other’s company.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

None of my family are damsels in distress.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2023

One of the ovals’ long-tressed damsels is encountering a rearing leopard, and the other seems unfazed by a yellow serpent.

From New York Times ● May 7, 2023

In Act 2, they reprise the song, this time as the husbands of two of those damsels, Rapunzel and Cinderella.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2023

"I got myself into action films because I didn't believe that women were damsels in distress. Their stories need to be told correctly," Yeoh says.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2023

In Gran’s stories, damsels in distress were always trapped in towers.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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