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

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

“Why should they seek to harm my queen when she has taken me for her king and consort? Now help that man, as my sweet queen has commanded.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

We are friends in the way people in an unprovisioned lifeboat are, chance consorts who are sure that they’ll be picked up soon, any day now, but not exactly how or when.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

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

But as you rightly point out, it's rather gratifying to have consorted with him.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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

“It’s a real, problematic wrinkle,” Hoffman says, “because penetrating family networks becomes impossible. What informant do you plant inside a family? What suspicions can they arouse by consorting with one another?”

From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2020

“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

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