damsel

Recent Examples on the Web More than 20 years later, Shrek is still fresh and funny, with impeccable voice acting by Mike Myers as the furious green ogre; Eddie Murphy as his motor-mouth companion Donkey; Cameron Diaz as a not-so-helpless damsel in distress; and John Lithgow as a diminutive dictator. —Danny Horn, EW.com, 20 July 2024 Things are looking bleak, and there’s no one around to help this damsel in distress. —Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 27 June 2024 In downtown Fort Worth, at the confluence of the Trinity’s West Fork and Clear Fork, naturalists have documented 57 species of butterflies and moths, 24 kinds of fish, 23 species of dragonflies and damsel flies, 49 species of birds, and 35 types of ants, wasps and bees. —Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 May 2024 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). —Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for damsel