Sentence examples for play prima from inspiring English sources

The M.I.T. economics department became famous for collegiality, in no small part because no one else could play prima donna if Mr. Samuelson refused the role, and, of course, he did.

Fairstein's heroine, a blond and brainy prosecutor named Alexandra Cooper, gets away with playing prima donna in this series because she is also a brilliant tactician.

We will not be seeing Danny DeVito playing Prima in a movie anytime soon, she says, because he's so short.

A scene depicting his no-strings love for his nephew and niece ("They're like hookers for my sense of nurturing!") ends with Buress playing prima donna when made to act alongside a mewling tot in a movie.

She grew up listening to her father, Charles, the owner of a wholesale fish business and frustrated entertainer, play Louis Prima records every Sunday morning in their Brooklyn home.

Showmanship is a major part of his talent, and playing the prima dona is second nature to him.

Football's next generation of pampered, play-acting prima donnas will cut their teeth at the FIFA European Under-17 Championships in the summer.

He never played the prima donna thing.

Meanwhile, Natalie Portman danced away with Oscar for playing a prima ballerina spinning into madness in "Black Swan".

"We played four prima-donna months," remembers Helm.

An uncle, Pat Mosca, drummed for the Rhythm Kings ("The name Louis Prima ring a bell?"), a group that played hot, Prima-style music.