She completed an alla prima portrait that captured the sitter's expression in a single sitting.

The court debated the prima faciality of the evidence before allowing it.

When the primae donnae refused to rehearse, the conductor decided to postpone the performance.

The production was thrown into chaos when the primadonnas demanded separate dressing rooms and rehearsed only their solos.

Despite her talent, the new lead behaved like a primadonna during rehearsals.

The committee stressed the primacy of safety over expedience during the project review.

The primability of the antique chair's surface was carefully tested before applying the final coat of paint.

In memory studies, the primacy effect often leads participants to recall the first words of a list more accurately than the middle ones.

In several memory tests, researchers observed strong primacy effects when participants recalled the first items more accurately than later ones.

Historians debated the primacies of church and state during the medieval period.