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Recent Examples of prima donna
Her rendition of some of the leading prima donna roles at Vienna won international fame for the young soprano.
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From Staff Reports,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
26 Feb. 2026
Black Hawks management responded by insulting him in the press, portraying Abel as an ungrateful prima donna.
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Michael J. Socolow,
The Conversation,
5 Feb. 2026
But Kelce’s low-key, just-Donna strategy in a castle full of prima donnas worked against her.
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Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2026
Gothic gargoyles appeared, lights dimmed, and the crowd chanted the prima donna’s name at the desert operahouse.
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Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
12 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for prima donna
From Staff Reports,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
26 Feb. 2026
Black Hawks management responded by insulting him in the press, portraying Abel as an ungrateful prima donna.
—
Michael J. Socolow,
The Conversation,
5 Feb. 2026
But Kelce’s low-key, just-Donna strategy in a castle full of prima donnas worked against her.
—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2026
Gothic gargoyles appeared, lights dimmed, and the crowd chanted the prima donna’s name at the desert operahouse.
—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
12 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for prima donna
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prima donna
Noun
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Men's singles and doubles, Women's singles and doubles, and mixed doubles.
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Benji, the protagonist, who narrates from adulthood, is fifteen and determined to distinguish himself from the brother who’s always been his double.
Noun
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Saracho will serve as showrunner and executive producer of the drama series following a captive princess who gets kidnapped by a brooding werewolf alpha and plunged into a bloodthirsty war.
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They’re pursued by Azula (Elizabeth Yu), princess of the Fire Nation, and her friends Mai (Thalia Tran) and Ty Lee (Momona Tamada).
Noun
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Zoey Deutch and Jimmy Tatro Voicemails for Isabelle's leading lady went public with her romance on Tatro's Instagram in 2021.
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This portrayal was rare in the early 2000s and prompted a shift in audience expectations, as people began to consider the different ways a leading lady could, or should, look.
Noun
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The room was spacious and well-outfitted, and there are also double queen guest rooms available in this section of the resort.
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The logic here is highly questionable — dying for your queen and dying by her hand are not equivalent sacrifices — but let’s blame Lorent’s lapse in judgment on the chaos of the moment.
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Should The Pitt masters cancel each other out, Task standout Tom Pelphrey, who stole scenes out from under leading man Mark Ruffalo on the HBO whodunnit, could walk away not only with a nom, but the trophy itself.
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But unlike those three, he’s never been cast truly as a leading man.
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Selene also has an expansive garden terrace with a bar that’s a biophilic dream replete with flowers and plants as well as a retractable-roof atrium that opens to the sky above- a nod to Selene, the Greek goddess of the moon.
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Named for the Greek goddess of dawn, Eos Garden is now open at the Water Pump House, a native coral rock and Dade slash pine house built in 1923.
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“Prima donna.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prima%20donna. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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