Sleeping Beauty
noun
: a princess of a fairy tale who is wakened from an enchanted sleep by the kiss of a prince
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The show took place in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Paris, and Jenner wrote a strapless gown with matching opera gloves.
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Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
For the female dancers, there are swans and sugar plums and celebrated damsels under duress, like Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2025
In classic Disney films, mothers are usually dead by the time the story starts (The Little Mermaid) or killed as a major plot point (Bambi) or forcibly, devastatingly separated from their children (Dumbo, Sleeping Beauty, etc.).
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
Disney fans will likely think of the princess in Sleeping Beauty who shares the name.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 2 Jan. 2025
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Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
For the female dancers, there are swans and sugar plums and celebrated damsels under duress, like Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2025
In classic Disney films, mothers are usually dead by the time the story starts (The Little Mermaid) or killed as a major plot point (Bambi) or forcibly, devastatingly separated from their children (Dumbo, Sleeping Beauty, etc.).
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
Disney fans will likely think of the princess in Sleeping Beauty who shares the name.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Sleeping Beauty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sleeping%20Beauty. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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