prima ballerina
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
Garr fancied herself a prima ballerina, obsessively pursuing that goal after her father died.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024
But Valieva’s grace was what lifted her to another level: She floated across the ice, moving to the music as gently as a prima ballerina, with every inch of her body feeling the music.
From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2024
Domantas Sabonis maneuvered his muscular, 7-foot-1 frame around the paint Saturday night with the nuance and control of a prima ballerina, holding the ball aloft with one hand and rotating to wherever Daniel Gafford wasn’t.
From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2023
“We have no openings in the corps de ballet, mademoiselle. Or among the principal dancers either, unless you are a prima ballerina assoluta, which, no offense, I think you are not.”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
