How to Use prime minister in a Sentence

prime minister

noun
  • So how might the new prime minister set out to turn things around?
    — Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2026
  • No, but from the prime minister.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The country will soon have its fifth prime minister in six years.
    — Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Japan is on track to have its first female prime minister.
    — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The shift runs deeper than any one prime minister.
    — Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Britain has a new prime minister in waiting.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
  • Rahman was sworn in as the prime minister.
    — Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Japan has its first female prime minister.
    — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
  • And the prime minister was wearing trousers.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
  • And many of those people want the next prime minister to do something about that.
    — Ian Austen, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Stephen Harper was the last prime minister to live at the home.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 26 June 2026
  • Most Israelis want to end the war, but their prime minister does not.
    — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 12 May 2025
  • Starmer is the first British prime minister to visit in eight years.
    — Ken Moritsugu, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Most get appointed by the prime minister, and serve for life.
    — Lauren Frayer, NPR, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The issue passed to three more prime ministers, with no real signs of progress.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
  • And so very soon there may be a seventh British prime minister in a span of a decade.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
  • Rishi Sunak’s first speech as prime minister was light on details and heavy on rhetoric.
    — Quartz, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Who was your favorite prime minister?
    — Susan Page, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Britain may know as soon as today who will serve as its next prime minister — the third within two months.
    — Leo Sands, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The unusual route added more than two hours to the prime minister's flight time, the records show.
    — Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Police said the last line of the poem called to murder the prime minister.
    — Daniel Estrin, NPR, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Was the prime minister sober enough to handle an emergency had one arisen?
    — Kostya Manenkov and Karl Ritter, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Things don’t improve at midnight when the prime minister announces the end of the war.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Things don’t improve at midnight when the prime minister announces the end of the war.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The Israeli prime minister hinted at part of what would come.
    — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The law requires a prime minister to record and deposit state gifts with the state treasury.
    — Rafia Zakaria, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Britons do not directly elect their prime minister.
    — Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 22 June 2026
  • That was a strategic win for the prime minister, at least initially.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
  • The new prime minister has been tasked with forming a cabinet.
    — Samy Adghirni, Fortune Europe, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Ahead of the event, the prime minister’s face has been plastered on billboards around the country.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023

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