concubine

Example Sentences

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Legend has it that when the emperor's favorite concubine fell ill, a two-week diet of sugar-coated hawthorn berries ultimately healed her.

From Salon

But Santa isn’t the Wizard of Oz and he also can’t fulfill Greene’s wish to be Trump’s concubine — another gift she appears to desperately desire.

From Salon

His war council, and his concubine pit, consists of a crew of mannequins.

From Salon

The defense attorney described Bravo in his opening arguments as a “gigolo” who had essentially turned Rachel into a concubine.

From Los Angeles Times

As the choreographer read about this eccentric ruler — a gifted athlete with extravagant appetites and wives, kids, concubines and Rolls-Royces galore, who died in his 40s — a production took shape in his mind.

From Washington Post