prima
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The story is completely absurd, filled with plot holes and characters as thin as a prima ballerina.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
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 • Dec. 24, 2025
“Every person born in the country,” wrote Bates in late November 1862, “is, at the moment of birth, prima facie a citizen…without any reference to race or color, or any other accidental circumstance.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 4, 2025
I look around the rest of the squad and think they are over-paid prima donnas, the lot of them.
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2024
Maria, considered America’s first major prima ballerina, was born in Fairfax in 1925.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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