Example Sentences

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None of my family are damsels in distress.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2023

In Act 2, they reprise the song, this time as the husbands of two of those damsels, Rapunzel and Cinderella.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 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

But like damsels, even early on dogs are often in distress.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2022

In Gran’s stories, damsels in distress were always trapped in towers.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff