How to Use prime minister in a Sentence

prime minister

noun
  • Keir Starmer, the British prime minister, thanks Trump for his role in the cease-fire deal.
    — Gabriel V. Cárdenas, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Ahead of the event, the prime minister’s face has been plastered on billboards around the country.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
  • And hey, by the time Swift rolls into town in fall 2024, the prime minister will be single and ready to mingle with the moms in the crowd.
    — Vulture, 2 Nov. 2023
  • And many of those people want the next prime minister to do something about that.
    — Ian Austen, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • The country will soon have its fifth prime minister in six years.
    — Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The ban was first promised by former prime minister in 2018.
    — Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2022
  • And Philip Davis, prime minister of the Bahamas, has had to come out on the defensive.
    — WIRED, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Kenya’s prime minister, Raila Odinga, was among those to pay tribute to the 24-year-old.
    — Manasi Pathak, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Everyone wants a piece of it, from the students who’ve waited in line to the prime minister.
    — Steven Levy, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Starmer is the leader of the left-wing U.K. party and poised to become the country’s next prime minister.
    — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2024
  • Rishi Sunak’s first speech as prime minister was light on details and heavy on rhetoric.
    — Quartz, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Haniyeh, the former Gaza prime minister, was Hamas' top leader, known for his tough-talking rhetoric as the face of the group.
    — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 31 July 2024
  • The 36-year-old prime minister was scolded by her peers last week, and has pledged to now focus more on work.
    — Kati Pohjanpalo, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The queen's first prime minister was Winston Churchill.
    — Nicholas Reimann, Forbes, 7 July 2022
  • Newsweek has emailed the press office of the prime minister and president of Poland for comment.
    — Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
  • In just a few weeks the prime minister is expected to take the stand for the first time in his corruption trial.
    — Barak Ravid, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Britain may know as soon as today who will serve as its next prime minister — the third within two months.
    — Leo Sands, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The president will meet the Canadian prime minister for the first time at the White House on Tuesday.
    — Christopher Guly, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2025
  • The terrorist demands that the politicians in power play a game of chess over the prime minister’s life.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Just weeks ago, Rishi Sunak was a leading contender to be Britain’s next prime minister.
    — Joe Mayes, Bloomberg.com, 7 Apr. 2022
  • In a statement a short time after 7 a.m., the prime minister’s office said a list had been given.
    — NBC News, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Then Sen handed his spot as prime minister to his son, Hun Manet, staying on as head of the party.
    — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
  • As prime minister, she is often seen at food trucks and is known as Mia to cabdrivers and reporters.
    — Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 27 July 2022
  • The letter to the prime minister’s office was found and neutralized on Nov. 24.
    — Andrew Jeong and Beatriz Rios, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Dec. 2022
  • This will be Netanyahu's third stint as prime minister.
    — Ronn Blitzer, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2022
  • And to Modi World, given the close bond between the prime minister and Adani dating back to their days in the western state of Gujarat.
    — William Pesek, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The new prime minister has been tasked with forming a cabinet.
    — Samy Adghirni, Fortune Europe, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Was the prime minister sober enough to handle an emergency had one arisen?
    — Kostya Manenkov and Karl Ritter, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Polls suggest Gantz as the most likely candidate to be the next prime minister.
    — Jack Jeffery, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2024
  • The Supreme Court Decision means the prime minister can avoid wading into the divisive debate and point to the court’s language.
    — Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025

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