Citations:Supergirl

English citations of Supergirl

comic-book heroine

as someone strong and with super-senses

• 2001, Lynne Kositsky, A Question of Will, Roussan Pub Incorporated (→ISBN)

  With Supergirl strength, I stacked an enormous chest against it. It wouldn't stop visitors from strolling in. But it might slow them up some. My candle winked out as I fell back on my bed.

• 2003, Twice Bitten, in Quill & Quire, page 26:

  Elena the werewolf has Supergirl strength and eternal youth, plus an appetite for the wild, wild thing, not to mention a steady diet of rabbits and deer.

• 2011, Steven W. Booth, Harry Shannon, The Hungry 1: Zombie Apocalypse, Genius Book Publishing (→ISBN)

  Miller could see every detail of Wells' face. She could also smell a little oil burning in the engine, though it was maybe thirty feet away. Strength, hearing, sight, stamina. What, I'm fucking Supergirl now? Paranoid and horny Supergirl, too. Miller was unsettled by her new powers. For all she knew, she'd be shooting laser beams out of her ass come morning.

• 2014, Andrew J Brown & Joseph B Collins, Ultraverse, Lulu Press, Inc (→ISBN)

  Without thinking I spin, lowering my stance slightly, and hit him with my open palm right in his ample stomach, just below his solar plexus. He staggers back, […] "What the fuckety fuck was all that fucked up fucking shit? You said you were mad, not fucking Supergirl!"

as someone with super-speed

• 2012, Trish Milburn, White Witch, Bell Bridge Books (→ISBN), page 73, referring to someone with magical powers:

  “I was as bug-eyed as a frog, seeing everything like it as in slow-motion in a movie. Not every day some kook points a gun at me. I'm really glad you've got that Supergirl speed.” “Me, too.” I realize it's the first time in a very long time that I'm actually thankful for my powers. For so long, I've considered them a burden, things to be fought, oddities that link me to the kind of life  […]

as someone with x-ray vision

• 2006, Randy C. Alcorn, Deadline, Multnomah Books (→ISBN), page 250:

  "Well, you may be fooling yourself and your aid and a lot of the voters and the Tribune and everybody else, but you're not fooling me!" Sue grabbed the in-flight magazine and glared at it, like Supergirl using her x-ray vision. Hot tears flowed […]

• 2019, Donald R. McGovern, Murder Orthodoxies: A Non-Conspiracist's View of Marilyn Monroe's Death (→ISBN), page 129:

  Obviously and most certainly, Carmen did not see the actions she described while listening outside with her ear glued to to Marilyn's door, not unless she had both eyes on one side of her head like a Flounder or an alien and she enjoyed x-ray vision like Supergirl.

as someone who can fly

• 1990, School Library Journal: SLJ.:

  Ideas about life after death abound here. Some are legitimate, but simplistically presented. Others are just plain silly, playing on traditional beliefs about ghosts. One particularly ludicrous scene has Shari flying through the air like Supergirl.

• 1995, Steve Katz, Swanny's Ways, Sun & Moon:

  "You let her fly. Ad astra per aspera. Keep the faith." He held up a fist as he left for the music, followed by his followers. Judy seemed already stretched into her own form of flight, eyes closed, arms reaching high like Supergirl.

• 1999, John Joyce, A Matter of Time (→ISBN), page 151:

  […] coppery hair and bright green eyes was flying through space. Her arms were outstretched, like Supergirl. Her forget-me-not-blue dress flowed behind her in the wind. In a flood of emotion, Jerry could feel her joy at being alive in the air.

• 2000, “Supergirl”, in Tuesday, performed by Reamonn:

  And then she'd say, "It's alright / I got home late last night / But I'm a supergirl / And supergirls just fly"

• 2006, Brio & Beyond:

  I see other girls as more Supergirl-like - flying around in blue spandex, saving the world (showing off their cute figures) - while I just stare at the stars.

• 2009, Christina Sunley, The Tricking of Freya: A Novel, St. Martin's Press (→ISBN), page 53:

  I'd always imagined Freyja like Supergirl, flying over Iceland in a red-and-blue cape, tiny people far below on their knees gazing up at her, hands clasped in prayer. “She was super,” I said. “She was super all right!” Birdie seemed pleased.

• 2016, Donna A. Heyen-Bishop, Sleep•Dream•Fly: My Recollection of Past Dreams and Experiences (→ISBN):

  In the dream, I was flying like Supergirl over a city. I wasn't exactly sure which city it was, though.

as someone smart, accomplished, self-assured

• 1996, Parenting for High Potential:

  From a competitive, smart, accomplished, self-assured, "Supergirl"-like fourth grader, the sixth- or seventh-grade preteen girl is often moody and dissatisfied with herself. Conforming and passive at school, middle school girls may relinquish ...