How to Use consort in a Sentence

consort

noun

• The spouse of a ruling king or queen is called a consort.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 May 2023
• Ravonna Renslayer is the consort of Kang the Conqueror in the comics.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 7 July 2021
• For her part, Kate will be known as Queen consort, and will hold the title of Queen Catherine.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 8 Sep. 2022
• The area where the queen and her consort were most likely buried is now under water.
  — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2020
• The queen's son Charles now becomes Britain's king and his wife, Camilla, serves as his consort.
  — Joanna Sugden, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
• And at his side there was his consort, Sheelah -- who was now referred to as Patrick's wife.
  — CNN, 17 Mar. 2022
• Philip is, of course, entitled to a large funeral as the Queen's consort.
  — Alex Warner, Marie Claire, 9 Apr. 2021
• Fu Hao was a consort of the king, Wu Ding, which is reflected in the show’s display of oracle bones.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2023
• But Charles, 73, sat not on the sovereign’s throne, which had been removed, but on the consort’s throne, which had been used by his father, Prince Philip.
  — Danica Kirka, ajc, 10 May 2022
• The King and Queen are expected to appear at their first Royal Ascot as monarch and consort in the coming days.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023
• The queen also paid tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh, who died last year after decades of serving as her consort, and to the work of her mother.
  — Fox News, 6 Feb. 2022
• The job of lady-in-waiting to a queen, reigning or consort, dates back hundreds of years to the Middle Ages when ladies helped the queen with such tasks as bathing and dressing.
  — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2022
• Most lord mayors have had a partner or spouse to act as their official consort.
  — Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 23 June 2023
• But the king became terminally ill, and even before his death in 1952, Philip had to give up his ship for what would become a life as the queen’s consort.
  — Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2021
• And like the consorts who came before her, she was expected to abide by the strict rules and schedules, pomp and circumstance, that defined life at court.
  — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 17 July 2023
• Ravonna, in the comics, is the consort of Kang the Conqueror, a time-traveling villain with a long history at Marvel.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 18 June 2021
• Prince Charles sitting in the consort's throne in the Palace of Westminster, looking forlornly across to his mother's crown, which sat in her place.
  — Rob Picheta, CNN, 13 May 2022
• Sineenat, 35, was the first person to hold the title of royal consort in almost a century.
  — Randy Thanthong-Knight, Bloomberg.com, 1 Sep. 2020
• Public lives provide markers and milestones for others, and few more so than the Queen and her consort, who have spent more than seven decades in the public eye.
  — Catherine Mayer, CNN, 14 Apr. 2021
• The researchers began by collecting and measuring the sperm size of consort and sneaker male squids.
  — Joseph Castro, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2011
• The sweet treat, which looks like a doughnut hole, was supposedly invented by a consort of the first king of the Chakri Dynasty, which continues to reign 240 years later.
  — New York Times, 2 Apr. 2022
• The family wants the ceremony to be focused on the duke, the longest-serving royal consort in British history, and to his years of service to the nation.
  — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2021
• At the time, many lamented that the long-serving royal consort didn't make it to his centenary, but Prince Philip once revealed that living for ten decades was not appealing to him.
  — Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 24 Aug. 2021
• The fact that a Targaryen would be king consort might also improve her claim, as for all those raging misogynists out there in Westeros, at least a male Targaryen would be close to the throne.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 2 Oct. 2022
• Notably, Camilla will be the first consort to reuse a crown for a coronation, rather than commissioning a new one, since the 18th century.
  — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 3 May 2023
• Theories have swirled that Cixi may have had a hand in the death (officially by suicide) of her son’s pregnant consort, or the arsenic poisoning of her nephew.
  — Lila Thulin, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2020
• Starting in the early days of her fame as muse and consort to the musical artist Serge Gainsbourg, Ms. Birkin was perennially dressed in exactly the right nothing.
  — Guy Trebay, New York Times, 16 July 2023
• To mark the 70th anniversary of her accession, the Queen has shared a letter reflecting on her life of service and her gratitude for Prince Philip’s support as consort.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Sep. 2022
• Philip left behind his naval career to navigate the relatively uncharted waters of his new role as consort of the British monarch.
  — Lanford Beard, PEOPLE.com, 23 Sep. 2021
• Philip retired from public duties in 2017, and is the longest-serving royal consort in British history.
  — NBC News, 4 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024