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Example sentences for: dowager

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Even so, I never blundered as badly as the dowager staying at the little Hotel La Quinta.
Three of China’s most famous rulers are buried here, including Emperor Qianlong (1711–1799), Emperor Kangxi (1654–1722), and the notorious Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908).
While many scholars doubt that Empress Dowager Cixi played such a villainous role, her Summer Palace is undoubtedly lavish enough to have launched countless tales of luxury and decadence.
The Empress Dowager Cixi used to lodge overnight in this temple on her voyage by royal barge from the Forbidden City to the Summer Palace.
This hall now houses a collection of birthday gifts, including the portrait of the Empress Dowager painted by Holland’s Hubert Vos upon the occasion of her 70th birthday in 1905.