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
“Uh...thanks, but no. I’m sure you need this for some sort of merit badge, but I’m not a damsel in distress.”
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
None of my family are damsels in distress.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 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
He arrived in Kenosha with the audacity of an action figure, but Superman rescued victims, babies and damsels.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2021
For Ann — an intentionally archetypal figure reminiscent of the fragile damsels of film history — Cotillard was shown an interview with the French-German actress Romy Schneider.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2021
We would ride down villains who robbed stagecoaches or in other ways threatened damsels in distress, whom we could save and, of course, never kiss, but ride off at the end of our imagination.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
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