prima donna

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Recent Examples of prima donna Maria Callas is often called the quintessential prima donna. Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2024 Her stunning beauty elevates the life of the beloved but complicated prima donna. Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2024 In this life-force of a musical, even the help gets to shine like so many sequins on a prima donna’s finery. Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024 Fitzgerald wondered if teammates looked at him as a prima donna. Doug Haller, The Athletic, 29 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for prima donna
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Noun
  • Thanks to its unique design, the Dutch oven’s lid doubles as a 10.25-inch cast-iron skillet that can easily be used to make your favorite cornbread, delicious cobblers, hot dips for parties, and much more.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Orlando returns most key performers from its double of winning the NWSL Shield (best regular-season record) and league championship.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Additionally, for its axing of a transgender storyline in the show Win or Lose, its casting of an openly Christian character in the same show, and pulling the plug on its Tiana princess series which would have featured Disney's first Black princess.
    Marni Rose McFall, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Last year, the princess and her family moved back to Sweden after living in Florida in recent years.
    Meredith Kile, People.com, 14 Mar. 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
  • Netflix believes Millie Bobby Brown, now 21, is a leading lady, given her prominent role in five seasons of the stellar Stranger Things, but her delivery here is stilted and feels phony, certainly not aided by the script.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category for her portrayal of the iconic Good Witch, Grande certainly looked the part of a Hollywood leading lady: The star chose a voluminous design from the Schiaparelli spring 2025 couture collection.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The pop goddess, 78, stopped by GLWD headquarters in SoHo early on Wednesday ahead of the organization’s annual Love Rocks NYC benefit concert.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The diverse mix of women—from pop stars to plastic surgeons—proved Puglisi’s talent for bringing out the goddess in anyone.
    Ian Malone, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Nicely shot by cinematographer Jackson Hunt with a constantly moving camera, Bunny has a talented leading man in Stark, whose hapless expressions and preoccupation with staying alive and skirting the law keep us royally entertained along with the rest of this rag-tag ensemble.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Dolly Parton is delivering a melodic sendoff for her late husband Carl Dean. Dean, who died Monday at 82, was Parton's longtime leading man, supporting her quietly behind the scenes for six decades.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Bruins enjoyed that sort of bonanza in their NCAA tournament opener Thursday night, withstanding an injury scare to Aday Mara to win so comfortably that walk-on Jack Seidler was able to dribble out the final seconds to cheers inside Rupp Arena.
    Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
  • This all creates a math problem for the two dozen walk-ons on the roster.
    Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025

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

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