Example sentences for: empress

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

  • The Hall of Benevolent Longevity (Renshou Dian) is where Empress Dowager Cixi received court members from her Dragon Throne (which is still in place).

  • Of the nine tombs open to view, those of two most powerful Manchu emperors, Qianlong and Kangxi, are impressive, and that of Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1911) is as elaborate as it is strange.

  • [From Going Home to/Retour à Bergen, by Helga Loverseed, in Empress (C.P. Airlines magazine), :52.

  • The Beijing Zoo (Beijing Dongwu Yuan) is the creation of Empress Dowager Cixi, who in 1908 converted this private Ming Dynasty garden estate into a preserve for some 700 exotic animals imported from Germany.

  • Nearby is the Hall of Jewelry, housed in the Palace of Tranquillity and Longevity (Ning Shou Gong), with another display of royal treasures, including robes worn by the Empress Dowager Cixi.


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