damsel
Example Sentences
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Princess Peach is anything but a damsel in distress.
From Washington Post
Long before I became aware of things like the “damsel in distress” trope, I knew that I did not want to be Princess Peach.
From Los Angeles Times
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
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