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A meromorphic function \(F(z)\) is said to be prime if every factorization \(F(z)=f(g(z))\) implies that one of the functions \(f(z)\) or \(g(z)\) is linear. The author proves that the functions of the form \[ p_ 1(z)(\cos z)e^{az}+p(z),\quad p_ 1(z)(\sin z)e^{az}+p(z), \] are prime where \(p_ 1(z)\) is a non-zero polynomial, if (1) \(a\) is a non-zero finite complex number, and \(p(z)\) is a non-constant polynomial, or (2) \(a=0\), and \(p(z)\) is a polynomial whose degree is an odd number. This generalize \textit{X. Hua's} result [Complex Variables, Theory Appl. 14, 65-70 (1990; Zbl 0692.30025)].