prima donna

Example Sentences

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Starring Vanessa Williams as the titular prima donna, the brilliantly named Ebony Scrooge, the film follows Ebony’s transformation from penny-pinching pop star to charitable altruist.

From Salon

Before “stepping into the bratty curls of ‘Oh, Mary!’,” the actress became known for playing prima donnas on TV.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Lakers are not the prima donnas they used to be and the Clippers are not the stepchild they used to be.

From Los Angeles Times

I look around the rest of the squad and think they are over-paid prima donnas, the lot of them.

From BBC

But Knight, Larraín, and Jolie are all careful to avoid reducing Callas to an over-the-top ableist stereotype or portraying her as the ruthless prima donna tigress the media painted her as.

From Salon