variants
or less commonly damosel
or damozel
Examples of damsel in a Sentence
knights are celebrated in fairy tales for rescuing damsels in distress
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That’s where actress Brandy Friday (Rae) finds herself, alongside an AI co-star that is a rendering of the late starlet Dorothy Chambers (Corrin) who portrays Brandy’s love interest, the stunning damsel Clara.
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Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
Too often, we’re only meant to play the roles we’ve been historically assigned: lone heroine, damsel in distress, princess, witch.
—Maya Silver, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2025
The movie leans heavily into a popular action-movie convention: a damsel in distress.
—John Devore, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
But don’t call Sherry a damsel in distress.
—Tracy Nguyen, refinery29.com, 19 Mar. 2025
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Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
Too often, we’re only meant to play the roles we’ve been historically assigned: lone heroine, damsel in distress, princess, witch.
—Maya Silver, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2025
The movie leans heavily into a popular action-movie convention: a damsel in distress.
—John Devore, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
But don’t call Sherry a damsel in distress.
—Tracy Nguyen, refinery29.com, 19 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for damsel
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“Damsel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damsel. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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Middle English damesel "damsel," from early French dameisele (same meaning), from Latin domina "lady, mistress" — related to dame
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