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
  • 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
  • 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.
    CBS News, CBS News, 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
  • 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
  • THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.
    Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017
Noun
  • Brooklyn’s two leading ladies Kawamoto and Rohrabacher both went 7-1 for the weekend to power their team to an undefeated weekend as well.
    Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • The film also features leading lady Ruth, played by Serayah, as well as Phylicia Rashad, who plays Naomi.
    ESSENCE Editors, Essence, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • In 1997, the blue-eyed, red-haired goddess accented her look with gold shimmer, a headdress, and defined contour.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 11 July 2025
  • Or fish — quickly marinated in a light soy-garlic sauce or simply brushed with olive oil and served with an herb-y sauce (a chimichurri for example, or a green goddess).
    Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 26 June 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 29 Jul. 2025.

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