Example sentences for: concubines

How can you use “concubines” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Mao {who had many concubines): So your girls are very often made use of?

  • By the standards of his predecessors, Kangxi lived modestly enough; his concubines numbered no more than 300.

  • Nor have the 16 satellite vaults, where Yongle’s concubines are entombed.

  • Free women of color were included among the concubines of white aristocrats, their lives organized according to arcane social codes.

  • Courtyards and elaborate pavilions, similar to those in the Forbidden City, cap underground burial chambers where the emperor, with his empress and concubines, is entombed.


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