prima donna

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Recent Examples of prima donna His character, Min-ho, initially comes off as a bit of a prima donna. Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025 Siri would get lost trying to find prima donnas and troublemakers in the Broncos locker room. Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025 Just past the gurgle of the lobby fountain was Barbie Q. Chicken, a 4-year-old bird who was both Broadway prima donna and antibullying activist. Peter Rubin, Longreads, 26 Dec. 2024 Maria Callas is often called the quintessential prima donna. Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for prima donna
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prima donna
Noun
  • And Nick Kyrgios, 30, will play in the singles draw and team up with two-time major semifinalist Gaël Monfils in doubles after missing the second half of 2023 and the first 10 months of 2024 because of injuries.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 16 July 2025
  • Robert Suarez allowed consecutive doubles to Byron Buxton and Witt with one out in ninth, and Steven Kwan’s infield hit on a three-hopper to third off Edwin Díaz drove in the tying run.
    Ronald Blum, Twin Cities, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • Born in 1919, the Canadian actress began acting in Winnipeg, voicing princesses on the radio before hosting another radio show in Toronto for overseas service members during World War II.
    Skyler Trepel, EW.com, 25 July 2025
  • On Thursday, the rising star released the video for his latest single, which stars the pop princess.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.
    Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017
  • While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 July 2017
Noun
  • These stories only work if their compelling heroines fall for characters who are interesting in their own rights and worthy of the leading lady’s affections.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 11 July 2025
  • One soundtrack also made waves in 2025: Sinners, which featured music from the film’s leading lady, Hailee Steinfeld, as well as Rhiannon Giddens, Brittany Howard, Buddy Guy and more.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • The event will celebrate the site’s cultural legacy with traditional rituals, art and a ceremony to honor the goddess Pachamama.
    Olivia Kemp, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
  • Hilaria was celebrated at the end of March by devotees of the goddess Cybele, the History Channel reports.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • All was good for Britian’s long-time leading man with the standing and subsequent socializing part, but the settling in seemed slowly to overtake the esteemed actor.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
  • Both films made over $200 million at the box office, cementing Hanks as the ultimate leading man — appealing in a sensitive, Everyman kind of way.
    Rachel Yang, EW.com, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • Four years later, though, the former walk-on left as one of the best in program history, earning school records in the indoor 3,000 meters and outdoor 5,000 meters.
    Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • Dickinson’s next two years were a swift transition from unknown walk-on to everyday starter for the Wolverines.
    Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 8 July 2025

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“Prima donna.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prima%20donna. Accessed 28 Jul. 2025.

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