Though she seemed prim and proper at first, her messy desk told a different story.

The rehearsal was chaotic because the prima donnas insisted on rewriting their solos.

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

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

In medieval diagrams, artists often depicted multiple prima mobilia encircling the fixed stars.

The alchemist spent years attempting to transform the prima materia, the primitive formless base of all matter, into the philosopher's stone.

The demolition team inspected the primacord before initiating the controlled blast.

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

The demolition team carefully inspected the primacords before initiating the controlled blast.

Her prima donnaish behavior during rehearsals alienated the rest of the cast.