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
  • The houses were dressed up like divas and there was a hush under the broad leaves of the trees.
    Timothy O'Grady, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2019
  • The old Williams, diva Williams, would have arrived in a snit.
    Linda Robertson, miamiherald, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Twain rallied with the pep of a cheerleader and the sparkle of a diva.
    Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 10 June 2018
  • Hill, the best player on the team and a bit of a diva, who wants to be the focal point of the offense.
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Berlin or no, this down-to-earth diva has nothing to be ashamed of.
    Zoë Madonna, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • Christina couldn’t wait to become the diva of her dreams.
    Richard S. He, Billboard, 4 May 2018
  • 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
  • As one of the biggest divas in Riverdale, Alice is more than ready for this role.
    Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The teenager on your right is bouncing to the beat of a pop tune sung by a diva with a piercing voice.
    Elliott Hester, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2019
  • The song’s music video, sunny and romantic, harks back to the zenith of the pop diva.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2019
  • On Mustique, Copeland saw both Margaret the diva and Margaret the down-to-earth.
    Tim Teeman, Town & Country, 8 Dec. 2019
  • There are drag divas, and then there is Bianca del Rio.
    courant.com, 29 Sep. 2019
  • For less than two years, he was married to the pop diva Katy Perry.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 June 2018
  • 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
  • With that in mind, Jennifer Lopez is putting down the flat iron and doing curls in the most diva-worthy way.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 28 May 2019
  • 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
  • Although Joe Flacco has a size 7½ head, there’s not an ounce of diva in his heart.
    Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2019
  • But this past Monday, when that show’s cast had the day off, another diva made her Broadway debut.
    Keaton Bell, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2025
  • My Little Puny sparkles in a double role as the prince and the fairy godmother, but Tabitha is a scene-stealing vamping diva as the evil stepmother.
    Barry Levitt, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025

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