How to Use diva in a Sentence

diva

noun
Definition of divanext
Synonyms for divanext
  • The domestic diva may or may not have helped improve the recipe.
    — Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2021
  • 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
  • There’s nothing wrong with embracing your inner diva every once in a while!
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 6 June 2024
  • With long, beaded braids, the pop diva holds a smoky cigar in her right hand, holds her chest with her left hand and poses in the nude, with just a sash covering her up.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Prior to the game, Dion joined the Bruins back in the locker rooms to read off that day’s lineup — adding her own flair, as any iconic diva would.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Twenty years earlier, La Grimaldi was a diva on the rise who lost her heart to a butterfly hunter whose exploits led him deep, deep into the jungle.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2021
  • The center of our bicultural banquet remained empty, awaiting its diva, which still sat uncovered in the oven so that its skin would remain as crispy as possible.
    — Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Their bassy diva energy sparked gender confusion among the panel, but when that wildcat helmet came off and revealed British icon Seal, the room was stunned.
    — Rory Doherty, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2024
  • But Beyoncé, ready to become a true diva in the operatic sense, keeps insisting that crying together is the only way to achieve world peace.
    — Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2024
  • His often spangled and feathery creations have flattered the curves of nearly every diva of the past half-century and won him 9 Emmys and a Tony.
    — Emily Bobrow, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Accusation and projection must provide some of her lifeblood, but a real old-school diva, as the etiquette goes, is not going to outright admit to the nature of her bottomless appetite.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Musk and diva striker Cristiano Ronaldo trying to fit their egos in the same room.
    — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • For restaurants, the argument is simple; A wedge of cheese is no diva.
    — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The track is the lead single from the pop diva’s first holiday album, Christmas.
    — Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Newell — having absorbed the whole vocal thesaurus of diva riffs, shouts, gurgles and growls — stops the show.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
  • On stage, Ralph stood silently for a moment, taking it all in, and then went to the mic and did what a Broadway diva does best: steal the goddamn show.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2022
  • With valuable one-on-one time, Endicott learned Aubree was the artistic tomboy and Maddie the bossy diva.
    — Savannaheadens, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Clubs like The Gallery provided a performing space for disco divas, which the series explains was a real financial boon for these singers.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 18 June 2024

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