Sleeping Beauty

noun

1. a beautiful princess, the heroine of a popular fairy tale, awakened from a charmed sleep by the kiss of the prince who is her true love.
2. (italics) the fairy tale itself.
3. (italics) a ballet (1889) by Tchaikovsky.

“Sleeping Beauty”

1. A fairy tale from the collection of Charles Perrault, about a beautiful princess cast into a deep sleep through a jealous fairy's curse. Sleeping Beauty is awakened at last by the kiss of a prince.

Example Sentences

Over 20 years with the company, he danced leads across several productions, including Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, Swan Lake and Romeo and Juliet.

From BBC

Imaginative design, be it Malibu’s Getty Villa or Sleeping Beauty Castle, are not just a balm but therapeutic, allowing us to embody idealized versions of ourselves.

From Los Angeles Times

It also follows on from a successful 2024 UK tour of one of the company’s most beloved classics, The Sleeping Beauty.

From BBC

Huge green flowers made of fabric sprouted over a forest-like undergrowth with twisted branches that looked just like the foliage Sleeping Beauty’s prince had to hack through to give her a true love’s kiss.

From Seattle Times

These garments will lie in glass coffins — yes, like Sleeping Beauty herself.

From Seattle Times