concubines

Example Sentences

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The nizam’s court, with its sumptuous palaces, its concubines, its rituals and recitations of poetry and music, was the chief inheritor of the archaic grandeur of the moguls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Drawing together decades of writing, these stories follow concubines who fall in love, paranormal researchers and an older man forced to confront his past.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2022

But Bracton does have a lot to say about monsters, duels, bastardy, concubines, sturgeon “and other royal fish,” the “pillory and the ducking-stool," and "a judgment with infamy.”

From Washington Post • May 9, 2022

In many cases, they openly lived with concubines, had children, and worked to ensure that their children receive lucrative positions in the Church.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

I saw how fearful Third Wife became when Second Wife told her stories of old concubines who were kicked out into the streets.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan