consort

Yet the role of a do-nothing prince consort doesn’t suit the dutiful, and now fiercely faithful, Alfred, and a war of wills—and of the sexes—ensues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

"I want to be inspired by people like Empress consort Nam Phuong, King Khai Dinh, with their fashion style and the interaction between the West and the East," explained Phan.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

Chakrasamvara, the blue-man emblem of compassion, is being embraced by his consort, Vajravarahi, bright red symbol of wisdom, in a spectacularly explosive display whose arrested design seems intended as a spur to deep meditation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2025

The next great constitutional upheaval in Britain, the Glorious Revolution of 1688, displaced King James II in favor his daughter Mary and her consort, William of Orange.

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2025

The eyebrows work in consort with my inky black hair, which weighs in midway between curly and wavy, and calls for the invention of a new word.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

According to the New York Times, it chose not to pursue prosecution because it worried that some potential witnesses, be they fellow partiers or former youthful consorts, “might not have stood up well under cross-examination.”

From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2024

Male squid born between early April and mid-July grow large before starting reproduction and become consorts.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2024

Queen consorts do not formally share the sovereign’s powers, and dropping the “consort” part of the title does not change that.

From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2023

But the first break with tradition comes here: previously, consorts were crowned with new headpieces, created just for this moment.

From Salon ● May 5, 2023

His mother consorts with spirits and daemons, one of whom eventually provides the means to travel to the moon.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

In 2022, Maxwell, who once consorted with royals, presidents and billionaires, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in helping Epstein.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2024

And all this consorted with his long-held disdain for America, his resentment of Britain’s “subordination” to an upstart power.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 11, 2019

She consorted with British royalty and American royalty — she attended President John Kennedy’s inauguration and his funeral — and wrote a number of books, including a featherweight memoir just before her death in 2014.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2016

They lived for a time in New York, where they consorted with the downtown art crowd of .

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2011

My father disdained shopkeepers as unworthy and low, but he consorted with them and curried favor with the customers, hoping to overhear court gossip.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

David M. Friedman, who served as his ambassador to Israel, publicly took Trump to task for consorting with the troublesome pair, tweeting that the former president was “better than this.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2022

The privilege of consorting with a fox cost more than I had already paid.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2022

At the same time, UAE officials were consorting with Barrack, the energy-rich Gulf state rewarded him by pouring millions of dollars into his business ventures.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2022

In conservative Afghanistan, such public consorting is taboo, doubly so in a holy site under Taliban guard.

From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2022

Father explained to us that he had gone plumb crazy, consorting with the inhabitants of the land.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver