damsel

Example Sentences

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

From Washington Post

"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

Yeoh: When I first started out, I walked into a man’s world because I started my career in Hong Kong and all of us women tended to play the damsel in distress.

From Los Angeles Times

Smith always wanted to be Superman, the kind of hero who could swoop in and save the damsel in distress.

From Washington Post

But Amber is no damsel in distress, and extracting her proves much more difficult than expected, especially once her value turns political.

From New York Times