Example sentences for: empress

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

  • The whole effect evoked the French Second Empire of a century earlier, the lush, moneyed social world presided over by the Empress Eugénie.

  • [From “Going Home to/Retour á Bergen,” by Helga Loverseed, in Empress (C.P.

  • 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.

  • From Harajuku Station on the Japan Railways Yamanote loop line, it’s but a few steps to Meiji Jingu, the shrine dedicated to the spirits of the Emperor Meiji (who died in 1912) and the Empress Shoken.

  • Rebuilt with lavish materials (stone and stained glass) by the Empress Dowager in 1893, this 36-m (118-ft) statue of a boat was restored (it is said) with funds meant to shore up China’s woeful navy, but it was not long before Japan completely humiliated China in battles at sea.


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