damsel
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Dunst, 41, says it is refreshing her character is the lead in an action film and not a "damsel in distress".
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2024
Working from Andrew Lobel’s script, the director Michael Mohan delivers his damsel — a fresh-faced American, Cecilia, played by Sydney Sweeney — to the convent with unceremonious briskness.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
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
I never imagined Marion as a damsel in distress in any sort of way.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2023
“I don’t know, fair damsel I don’t know how I got here, so I don’t rightly know how I am.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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
"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
"That was something I always kept an eye on, I never wanted the girls to be over-sexualized or victims or damsels in distress."
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2021
A dragon killer, he was, a rescuer of damsels, and his small sins seemed so great to him that he felt unfit and unseemly.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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