prima donna

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Recent Examples of prima donna 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 Gotta love it, in a league with its share of fair weather, prima donna stars. Eric Nehm, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025 They will be joined on set by members of the Opéra Garnier ballet company including its principal dancer Dorothée Gilbert, who will play the prima donna dancer in the film, Victoire Bellanger. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025 His character, Min-ho, initially comes off as a bit of a prima donna. Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for prima donna
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Noun
  • The Guardians finished with just one hit on a double that landed over right fielder Michael Conforto’s head.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Nick Castellanos hit the first of San Diego's four RBI doubles.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The outlet also claimed Archer championed high-end designers to elevate the princess’s image and encouraged her to upcycle and rewear looks.
    Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Defender’s role in that family is the rugged, rebellious brother who misbehaves out in the wild while Discovery gets the princes and princesses off to boarding school.
    John Scott Lewinski, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • What happens when your leading lady goes off the rails?
    Paula Ebben, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Samantha Mathis does solid work playing Princess Daisy (Peach’s second-fiddle in the games, here elevated to leading lady), but the real highlight is stars Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo as Mario and Luigi.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Prince William and Kate, the Princess of Wales, may hold the titles of Britain's future king and queen, but the couple's most important role is as parents to their three children, Princes George and Louis and Princess Charlotte.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Only 30 people were allowed at the funeral, and the queen sat alone at the church, wearing a mask.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The next James Bond movie is in the works, but the film's leading man has yet to be cast.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
  • In the 20th century dozens of movies chronicled their adventures, with each era casting its leading man as the noble, brave and loyal, leading musketeer.
    Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • This powerful Greek name actually stems from Demeter, a Greek goddess.
    Lydia Wang, Parents, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The festival's origins stretch back to the Roman festival of Floralia, which was held to celebrate the goddess of spring and fertility and has been reinvented numerous times in the centuries that followed, according to the National Trust.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 9 Apr. 2026

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“Prima donna.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prima%20donna. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.

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