damsel

[US]/'dæmz(ə)l/
[UK]/'dæmzl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a young woman or girl, a common figure in works of art.

Phrases & Collocations

damsel in distress

rescue the damsel

Example Sentences

attendant damsels to help to disarray her.

When I got a flat tyre I had to wait for my boyfriend to come and help me, like a true damsel in distress!

Damsels in Armor is a civics lesson of another order: 24 unsanctioned monuments testifying to war’s truly brutal cost.

a distressed damsel in distress

a beautiful damsel in distress

rescue the damsel in distress

a damsel in need

Real-world Examples

I used to be a damsel in distress.

Source: Taylor Swift 13

She is no damsel in distress.

Source: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

I'm not some damsel in distress. I'm Supergirl!

Source: Super Girl Season 2 S02

If I see one scorpion, I am getting on someone's shoulders and never coming down.And there's your damsel.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 9

Until now, this job has been nothing but damsels and bankers.

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 3

You see, Lily, there are no fairy tales, no damsels in distress.

Source: Modern Family - Season 08

Had they met accidentally, or had Fogg gone into the interior purposely in quest of this charming damsel?

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

Possibly my crippling clumsiness was seen as endearing rather than pathetic, casting me as a damsel in distress.

Source: Twilight: Eclipse

No.You were there in the road. All damsel in distress-like. And I knew it would piss off Stefan.

Source: The Vampire Diaries Season 1

She will be swept aside for a feisty Argentinean damsel.

Source: Miranda Season 1

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