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consort

[kon-sawrt, kuhn-sawrt] / ˈkɒn sɔrt, kənˈsɔrt /






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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

This upcoming Spring/Summer 2026 season has been inspired by Vietnam's former ruling Nguyen dynasty, notably Emperor Khai Dinh and the last empress consort, Nam Phuong, who both lived under colonial French rule.

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

“I thought you had better sense than to consort with the enemies of Rome!”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

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

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

To either side of these palaces were the six western palaces and the six eastern palaces where the emperor’s consorts lived.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 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

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

But he played football, consorted with the town’s bad boys, and cultivated a blustery front.

From The New Yorker May 2, 2016

I have now consorted with the Z for two months.

From New York Times Jan. 11, 2012

He knew that I consorted with Hamlet What if he began to suspect that Hamlet had revealed the king’s crime to Horatio and me?

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

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

From Salon Oct. 22, 2022

Prosecutors say that while UAE officials were consorting with Barrack, they were rewarding him by pouring millions of dollars into his business ventures.

From Seattle Times Oct. 20, 2022

“If total resistance implies true femininity,” she shot back, “with what, pray tell, have you been consorting all your life?”

From Washington Post Oct. 24, 2019

Onstage, Peck is a matinee idol, with large, dark eyes, creamy skin and the mysterious expression of someone consorting with his own thoughts, but in person he is mellow and grounded.

From New York Times May 10, 2018

There was once a king who had three daughters, all lovely maidens, but the youngest, Psyche, excelled her sisters so greatly that beside them she seemed a very goddess consorting with mere mortals.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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