concubines

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

Among the 20 concubines was the woman who would became known as Malinche.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

However, sumptuary laws dictated what women could and could not wear, elite men kept concubines, and the Tang legal system considered women property.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

“Bring me my ranch dressing hose!” commands Homer Simpson, rejecting the sensual attentions of concubines, in a famous dream sequence on “The Simpsons.”

From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2018

In China, there were concubines — not what she wanted to be at all, but which proved human nature capable of different sorts of marriage.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen