empress

Example Sentences

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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

Among the stolen pieces was a large, diamond-encrusted bow brooch that belonged to the same empress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

Her climb from lifestyle author to homemaking empress, along with her fall and brief imprisonment, spawned endless special reports, gossip columns, parodies, and unauthorized biographies both serious and salacious.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2024

The state visit to the UK by the emperor and empress of Japan will go ahead later this month, says Buckingham Palace.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2024

Illustriousness was a word she’d once heard in a film where people kept addressing a grand empress.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi