Sentence examples for damsel for from inspiring English sources

The term damsel for a young girl or maiden is now used only as a literary word.

Most of the characters in Whit Stillman's "Damsels in Distress"— the principal damsels, for sure, and also some of the lads identified in the opening titles as "their distress" — speak in complete sentences and express complex, sometimes startlingly original ideas.

Like the reinvented cartoon fairy-tale heroines of the past several decades, from Disney's "Little Mermaid" onward, this Cinderella is no passive damsel waiting for a rescuing knight.

Name: Sharon Knight Age: 49 Occupation: Part-time charity worker Area: Sussex Looking for: "A man for a long-term relationship" In her own words: "Sussex Damsel seeks Knight for love and romance.

If the dragon spitting flames at her heels gets big enough, and close enough, to singe her campaign, the unlikely damsel might pray for rescue from an even unlikelier St George.

But pre-consciousness, Dolores was just a damsel in distress for guests to save or torture.

A damsel was waiting for him up there, and when he finally climbed into the window of her apartment, his clothes flew out the window.

A show's energy is generated not only by rousing music, but by the audience anxiously rooting for the damsel to escape the clutches of the villain (whatever form that takes), for the star-crossed lovers to defeat the odds and stroll off into the sunset.

Unfortunately, if he has a flaw, it's a weakness for a damsel in distress, and the more he comes round to Denton's point of view, the more I fear that she's pulling the wool over his eyes.

Minear and Gordon have created a supposedly independent woman who is sought out for her skill, and yet in every one of the first three episodes she ends up being a damsel in distress, waiting for a knight in body armor to rescue her.

Prior to being cast on Knots Landing, Mills was predominantly known for playing "damsel in distress" roles, which is why the producers didn't initially consider her.