damsel

Though set in Ghost Town with period garb, there are modern flourishes, such as tongue-in-cheek nods to the theme park’s attractions and a damsel in distress who ultimately proves to be anything but.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

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

“There are tales of chivalry, where the heroic knight saves the damsel in distress,” a young woman’s voice intones as “Damsel” begins.

From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 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

While the damsel is weeping, which she did in a charming and determined way, we had better explain about the tournaments which used to take place in Gramarye in the early days.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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

"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

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