How to Use diva in a Sentence
diva
noun-
And, with the dawn of a new year, pop divas take over the arenas.
— Condé Nast, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023 -
The light, the mic and the diva with the sheer power of her voice and her presence.
— ABC News, 1 Dec. 2023 -
Over the years, Megan Schoonbrood has emerged as a true show diva.
— Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2020 -
This, says the film, is the boss diva others are too blind to see.
— Amy Nicholson, Variety, 8 Sep. 2021 -
The little diva wore a pair of white pointed-toe pumps to the show.
— Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 8 Sep. 2023 -
In the clip, the pop diva spins around in a pink bikini bottom and a white cropped blouse.
— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023 -
There’s something about the show that gives me the courage to belt out the biggest diva hits of all time.
— Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024 -
Though Smith still feels star struck when a pop diva walks into the room.
— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 20 Jan. 2023 -
This is listed as a house/diva-house/house-pop song on Wikipedia.
— Kris Holt, Forbes, 27 May 2022 -
Because how else does a diva know what to read next, dahling?
— Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2020 -
The pop diva loves the game of mystery and has been keeping fans on full alert with tweets teasing to the project.
— Kendall Trammell, CNN, 18 Feb. 2021 -
On Mustique, Copeland saw both Margaret the diva and Margaret the down-to-earth.
— Tim Teeman, Town & Country, 8 Dec. 2019 -
Angelina Jolie stars as opera diva Maria Callas in the last week of her life.
— Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2024 -
And no, the diva's second attempt did not go much better than the first.
— Shania Russell, EW.com, 12 May 2024 -
All told, this yeast is a demanding diva and I, for one, don’t quite have the patience to deal with it.
— Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 22 Nov. 2022 -
The domestic diva may or may not have helped improve the recipe.
— Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2021 -
At the time, rumors painted Momsen as a diva behind the scenes.
— Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023 -
In Season 1, Jamie was a spoiled diva and a bully whose façade began to crack.
— Jenelle Riley, Variety, 16 June 2023 -
Uptown girl or downtown diva, secure the hottest Coach bag of the season to pound the pavement in style.
— Olivia Cigliano, WWD, 1 Oct. 2024 -
But the more the French comedian and filmmaker kept thinking about it, the more the pop diva’s life spoke to her.
— Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2022 -
Take a look at the drag diva's selections for her playlist below.
— Stephen Daw, Billboard, 21 Apr. 2021 -
Musk and diva striker Cristiano Ronaldo trying to fit their egos in the same room.
— Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2022 -
The diva is dropping an album of deep cuts, The Rarities, on Oct. 2.
— Billboard Staff, Billboard, 19 Aug. 2020 -
Disrupters in the best sense of the word, movie stars, Broadway divas and soon-to-be-famous up-and-comers come on board ready to make their mark.
— Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2023 -
As befitting a diva, strict instructions were issued to the cast and crew that no-one was to chase or touch the pig.
— K.j. Yossman, Variety, 19 Aug. 2021 -
And since then, the icon hasn't stopped unleashing her inner diva.
— Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2021 -
For restaurants, the argument is simple; A wedge of cheese is no diva.
— Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 2 Feb. 2023 -
There are three certainties in life: Death, taxes and the clashing of divas.
— Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2020 -
The track is the lead single from the pop diva’s first holiday album, Christmas.
— Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 30 Nov. 2023 -
But LuPone, even in a Joan Jett wig, is not the type of diva who surrenders her own redoubtable persona.
— Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2024
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