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How to use damsel in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Damsel means a young woman (of noble birth). Example: “The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion.”

More sentences with damsel

  • The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion.From the entry flush
  • 'Most important of all: no buts, Now, we have a damsel to undistress,' said de Carabas.2010, Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere. From the entry undistress
  • On seeing Kāma annihilated there, the Devas and the groups of celestial damsels became frightened.2001, Jagdish Lal Shastri, Arnold Kunst, G. P. Bhatt, Ancient Indian Tradition & Mythology, volume 63, page 429. From the entry kama
  • You ride in, rescue the fair damsel (Maartje), start massive fires and vanish — until the next perceived injustice.2006, Bob Onan, Taming Storm Surges: When Ecology, Engineering And Faith Meet. From the entry zorro
  • 'Sort of damsel in distress,' said the romantic Strangways.1954, Ian Fleming, “The Undertaker's Wind”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 190. From the entry damsel in distress
  • The damsel of today carries neither parasol nor bonnet skewer, but that, hasn't cut down the occupational hazards of mashing.1948 June 15, The Southwest Times, Pulaski, Va., page 14, column 1. From the entry bonnet skewer
  • Copernicus grinned amorously at the ruddy stout damsel who stood, presenting arms akimbo, under the ale-bush in the latticed porch.1902, James Henry Yoxall, The Rommany Stone, page 101. From the entry ale-bush
  • IN a survey of nine cities, Prima magazine claimed that Geordie men were the least likely to help a damsel in distress.2001 August 12, Carole Malone, “It’s only a matter of priorities”, in Sunday Mirror, London, →OCLC, page 25. From the entry noncy
  • It is not I who am good, it is merely the splenditude of such a damsel as you that makes me seemeth that way.1999 June 21, Dale, “Reality check”, in alt.cuddle (Usenet). From the entry splenditude
  • Mayhap, thou dost know a damsel in Pawtucket whom thou dost deem passing fair, and whom thou fain wouldst hitch to thineself.1923 January, Henry J. Pulver, “Views and Reviews”, in The Silent Worker: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine For, By and About the Deaf of…. From the entry thineself
  • In Paris it is said to create a small sensation in the neighborhood when a fair damsel hobble-skirted alights from her carriage or automobile.1910 July 2, “Some Phases of the Hobble Skirt”, in Muncie Evening Press, volume X, number 234, Muncie, Ind., page five. From the entry hobble-skirted

Meaning of damsel

  1. noun A young woman (of noble birth).
  2. noun A girl; a maiden (without sexual experience).
  3. noun A young woman who is not married.

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Questions about damsel in a sentence

How do you use damsel in a sentence?
Damsel is used as a noun. For example: “The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion.”
What is a short sentence with damsel?
“The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion.”
What does damsel mean?
Damsel means a young woman (of noble birth).

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Adapted from Wiktionary: damsel (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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