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
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
The moniker "scream queen" emerged first as a label for damsels in distress.
From Salon
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