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Recent Examples of damsel
But the damsel isn’t in distress, the monster isn’t so bad, and some raunchy jokes may go over kids’ heads (but will likely delight parents).
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Chris Snellgrove,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Dec. 2025
In the Terminator films, Hamilton played heroine Sarah Connor, a damsel in distress who becomes a hard-ass warrior.
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Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
27 Nov. 2025
Infiniti’s portrayal of Willa has drawn praise for subverting the trope of the damsel in distress, instead becoming her very own heroine in the tale.
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Clayton Davis,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2025
Dark Towers, crooked wizard towers, towers with damsels in distress.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Chris Snellgrove,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Dec. 2025
In the Terminator films, Hamilton played heroine Sarah Connor, a damsel in distress who becomes a hard-ass warrior.
—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
27 Nov. 2025
Infiniti’s portrayal of Willa has drawn praise for subverting the trope of the damsel in distress, instead becoming her very own heroine in the tale.
—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2025
Dark Towers, crooked wizard towers, towers with damsels in distress.
—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for damsel
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Morrow was part of a group of six women and girls from northeast Kansas and Texas, ranging from childhood to age 85, who visited the Brown site together June 12.
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BangkokReuters — The family of a 17-year-old Thai girl whose body was found in a suitcase in Pattaya said they were devastated by her death, for which an Australian man has been arrested and charged with murder.
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Joe Root, Jofra Archer, Matthew Fisher and Josh Tongue were dismissed in two double-wicket maidens by Henry.
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Across two stints, Magnussen made 185 starts in Formula One and raced for McLaren, Renault and Haas, recording a career-best runner-up finish in the 2014 Australian Grand Prix — his maiden start in F1.
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The late Taylor Bradford’s book details the decades-long story of Emma Harte, a Yorkshire maid who becomes a business mogul.
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In another, a Pullman maid is bent over, hard at work, with her hair swept back into a ponytail, her gaze pointed downward and focused on the task at hand.
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“Damsel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/damsel. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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